Hate speech and threatening slogans raised by any community is condemnable; government should take strong action, says Shashi Tharoor

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shasi Tharoor MP has responded in the incident where a child sitting on the shoulders of an adult raised provocative slogans at Popular Front rally in Alappuzha. Tharoor said in his Facebook post that hate speech and threatening slogans by any political party or community is highly condemnable. He condemned the Popular Front slogans in Alappuzha and demanded the state government to take strong action.

Meanwhile the police have begun investigation into the incident in which provocative slogans were raised during a Popular Front rally. The investigation was launched as the visuals of the incident surfaced and were widely criticized on social media.The slogan was chanted by a young boy during a rally, two days ago. Around thousands of people had participated in the rally. Slogans, purportedly challenging various religious groups, such as “Keep rice, flower and incense ready. Yama (god of death) will visit you soon”, were raised at the rally.