Freedom Of Suppression? Kerala’s CPM Government Books Senior Citizen For Lashing Out At CM On Sabarimala Issue

When devotees, especially women, across the state have taken to the streets protesting against the Kerala government’s decision to implement the Supreme Court ruling on Sabarimala, the government seems desperate to suppress the agitation by going heavy on the protesters.

Recently, the police booked an old woman who was found lashing out at the Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, reports Mathrubhumi. A video that went viral on social media shows a reporter asking a woman named Maniyamma of Pathanamthitta, for her opinion on the government’s stand on the verdict.

The video shows the woman emotionally expressing her difference of opinion and lashes out at the Chief Minister for haste in implementing the judgement.

However, the government is reported to have come down heavily on the poor lady. She has been booked for making ‘casteist and derogatory’ remarks against the Chief Minister. The case comes after a complaint was lodged by V Sunil Kumar, an office-bearer of the SNDP, against the woman.

The woman has reportedly issued an apology through social media, saying that the comments were a slip of the tongue in the heat of the moment and not intentional.