Kerala Chief Minister on Monday said that the police will investigate the virtual address by a Hamas leader at an event in the state and added that necessary action would be taken if anything improper had occurred.
The Kerala CM claimed that the BJP was trying to implicate people in false cases for expressing their support for Palestine amid its war with Israel and added that it would not be permitted in Kerala. He also said that the state has always supported Palestine.
Responding to a question on remarks made by Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and BJP chief JP Nadda who alleged that the ruling state government did nothing to stop the Hamas leader’s address in the state, Vijayan said, "If something wrong has happened, appropriate action would be taken".
"The person referred to as a Palestinian warrior spoke at an event organised by the Solidarity Youth Movement, the youth wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. We need to see what he said. It appears that the speech was a recorded one. We need to understand that issue properly," he said.
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The chief minister said that when Jamaat-e-Islami or any other organisation it is not denied. "That is what happened in the instant case," he said. “If something is wrong in that, the police will examine it, and action will be taken”, he added.
Earlier, the youth wing of Jamaat, the Solidarity Youth Movement (SYM), planned a rally to show support for the Palestinian people.