THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The youth who stirred up a controversy by commenting on VK Prasanth MLA's Facebook post has come up with an explanation. Jemichan Jose, who came live on Facebook, explained that he reacted prematurely after seeing the MLA's post and had not intended to criticise the government. "The construction works of my house commenced after receiving Rs 4 lakh from the government. However, the works were completed with the money I earned," Jemichan said.

Earlier, VK Prasanth MLA had shared a picture of Jemichan's house and claimed that the house was built by the government under the Life Mission project. Following this, Jemichan commented on the post by saying that he had built the house using the money he earned by doing labour works.