00:00 The Kerala Police has registered an FIR against Union Minister of State Rajiv Chandrasekhar
00:08 for allegedly making statements promoting enmity between different groups.
00:12 This comes after Chandrasekhar and Kerala CM Vinay Rai Vijayan engaged in a word of
00:16 words after a blast at a Kerala Convention Centre where a meeting of Jehovah's Witnesses
00:21 was being held.
00:22 Chandrasekhar had associated the Kerala civil blasts with a virtual address made by a Hamas
00:27 leader during a protest event in the state.
00:30 Slamming the Vijayan government in the state, Chandrasekhar wrote on X, "Dirty, shameless
00:34 appeasement politics by a discredited CM Vinay Rai Vijayan besieged by corruption charges,
00:40 sitting in Delhi and protesting against Israel, when in Kerala open calls by terrorist Hamas
00:45 for Jihad are causing attacks and bomb blasts on innocent Christians."
00:49 Kerala PCC filed a complaint to the Kerala DGP.
00:52 It added that a case has been registered against him and the BJP troll Anil Anthony who has
00:57 been tasked by the BJP to discredit the Kerala state.
01:00 Kerala CM Vinay Rai Vijayan criticised Chandrasekhar's post at a press conference held and said that
01:06 the statements made by the BJP leader were a reflection of his absolute communal outlook.
01:10 Both the leaders since then have been trading verbal blows at each other with the BJP leader
01:15 calling the CM a liar while the CM is lashing out by terming the minister extremely venomous.
01:21 The Indakolam Central Police have filed a first information report under sections 153
01:25 1.
01:26 Thinly giving provocation with an intent to cause riot and 153A promoting enmity between
01:31 different groups on grounds of religion of Indian penal code.
01:35 The police have also included section 120(o) causing nuisance and violation of public order
01:39 through any means of communication of the Kerala Police Act against Rajiv Chandrasekhar.
01:44 The FIR stated that Mr Chandrasekhar had tried to disrupt the communal harmony in the state
01:48 by targeting a particular community for the blasts at Kalama city through his videos and
01:52 posts on social media.
01:54 Three people were killed and over 50 injured in the bomb blast during a meeting of Jowar's
01:58 witnesses at a private convention centre in Kalama city on Sunday morning.
02:02 The blast ripped through the convention centre around 9.30am as nearly 2,500 people were
02:06 in the middle of a prayer.
02:08 Preliminary investigation into the blast site suggests that a timer-based low-intensity
02:12 IED was used to target the congregation, the investigators said.
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