Addressing a gathering of the Meenachil-Kaduthuruthy SNDP Taluk Unions on Saturday, Mr. Natesan alleged that social justice was being denied to the Ezhava group and that academic alternatives weren’t being distributed pretty. Highlighting political underrepresentation, he identified that in Kottayam district, there was just one Ezhava MLA, whereas “all of the others are these strolling the trail of the cross.”
‘Not a communalist’
Defending himself towards accusations of communalism, he stated, “I’m not a communalist. I’m solely talking for my group. When I elevate these points, it’s branded as communalism. Even if you happen to burn me alive, I cannot retract my phrases. Where else can I specific the sorrows of my group if not from this chair?,” requested Mr. Natesan
He additional stated there was not a single college or school beneath the SNDP Yogam in Pala. While establishments run by non secular teams thrive, these selling secularism stay downtrodden, he stated.
Mr. Natesan additionally accused the media of distorting his earlier speech in Malappuram and claimed that criticism towards him subsided solely after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan issued an announcement.
On IUML and secularism
On the event, he additionally questioned the Indian Union Muslim League’s (IUML) dedication to secularism. “Does the IUML have any non-Muslim MLAs?” he requested, additional accusing the IUML of spreading the “poison of communalism” and including that even the get together’s title mirrored its sectarian nature. “The League have to be advised these elements immediately. That is my duty,” he stated.
At the State-level inauguration of department management conferences of assorted SNDP Yogam unions final month, Mr. Natesan had equally courted controversy when he warned that the Muslim group would quickly develop into the bulk in Kerala and criticised the “undue interventions by the group within the State’s administrative affairs.”
Published – August 16, 2025 07:40 pm IST
