New Delhi: kerala people party leader george pc Filed on suspicion of making inflammatory remarks religious hatredpolice said Saturday. George was charged with delivering hate speech Sources revealed that the minority community was targeted in a televised discussion earlier this week.
Eratupeta police filed a case against the senior leader on Friday based on a complaint lodged by the Muslim Youth League Municipal Committee.
He has been included in the lists of different departments indian penal codepolice added, noting that further proceedings would be initiated soon.
A police officer explained: “After recording the statement of the complainant, a case was registered.” Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party strongly criticized George’s case, calling it a “political vendetta by the LDF government.”
Senior BJP leader and Kerala in-charge Prakash Javadekar accused the CPI(M)-led Left government of keeping silent on Hamas and allowing Janata Dal followers to join their ranks .
Javadekar defended George, saying the leader had clarified that his remarks were aimed at countering extremism and were not directed at any particular community.
“The FIR against PC George is a political vendetta by the LDF government, which has embraced PDF followers without saying anything against Hamas,” he posted on his “X” account.
“UDF Equally guilty of appeasing extremist politics. It has never supported banning PDFs or condemned Hamas. Officer George has clarified that his purpose was to counter extremism and not to target a particular community. Kerala is united against extremism,” he added.
Bharatiya Janata Party chief Surendran also criticized the Pinarayi Vijayan government for filing a case against George and claimed the party would challenge it legally and politically.
Surendran further claimed that the case was registered under pressure from community forces.
