Heat over ‘Chandy’s insult’
It is an insult of the Constitutional position of a chief minister, said Abhishek Singhvi.
New Delhi: The issue of the reported “insult” to Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy by not inviting him to an upcoming event to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi could generate heat in Parliament on Monday, with the Congress expected to raise the matter.
A controversy had erupted over the alleged decision of Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), an organisation of backward Ezhava community, to exclude Mr Chandy from attending the unveiling of former chief minister R. Sankar’s statue by Mr Modi on December 15.
Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi described the action as pettiness of the worst kind and wanted that the PM should himself refuse to go to the function. “It is pettiness of the worst kind. It is an insult of the Constitutional position of a chief minister.
The PM should respond... and should even refuse to go himself (to the function) as the deceased former chief minister of Kerala and also the current one have been insulted by this petty act,” he said. When asked if the Congress could raise the matter in Parliament, Mr Singhvi said, “We have all options open.”