KOTTAYAM: Poonjar MLA PC George has come up with a communalist remark filled with lies against the Muslim community. The legislator said that Muslims are snatching top designations inside the government. He also made a baseless allegation that seven of the 14 district collectors in the state are from a community.

George made these remarks at a function organized by Syro Malabar Youth Movement at Aruvithura in Erattuppetta.

"All top officials in KT Jaleel's Higher Education Department are from the Muslim community. Not even one top official from other religions can be found in the department", PC George said.

Only four collectors in the state are from the Muslim community. Only district collectors in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, and Wayanad have Muslim names as the Poonjar MLA statement claims that there are seven.

During his speech, PC George said that left parties raised the name of B Iqbal to the vice-chancellor position in Mahatma Gandhi University, and later Cyriac Thomas was appointed to the position due to his persistence.

In the Higher Education department, about 90 percent of officers are from non-Muslim communities.