Kannur ∙ Controversy over Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s failure to stand up during the inauguration ceremony of the SN College Indoor Stadium. When the announcement was made for the prayer, the Chief Minister, who was about to get up first, was sitting there when he realized it was Guru Vandanam.
When MLA Ramachandran Kadanapalli, who was nearby, tried to get up, he stopped him with his hand. After the video of this was circulated on social media, the discussion for and against became active. The Guru Geeta beginning with Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu was recited on the stage. At this point, everyone else on the stage and in the audience stood up. SN Trust Manager Vellappally Natesan was also present on the stage.
After the incident became controversial, KPCC president K. Sudhakaran came forward with the demand that the Chief Minister should apologize. Sudhakaran accused the Chief Minister of insulting religious practices in public when the party secretary said that CPM is not against religion.
Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had blasphemed the Guru, had expressed his opinion. Pinarayi Vijayan, who reached Sivagiri and praised the Gurudarshans, insulted the Guru by not getting up while praising the Guru on the stage of SN College. Muraleedharan said that the Chief Minister, who praises Gurudarshans and Sri Narayanis when the need arises, continues to disparage them.
English Summary: Chief minister pinarayi vijayan refuses to standup when Guru hymn was recited at kannur function