KOCHI: Minister Mohammed Riyas wished happy onam to the reporters who came with questions about the controversies. The reporters asked the minister about the controversies involving his wife Veena. But Riyas said 'Happy Onam to everyone, Happy Onam' and got into the vehicle without stopping for a response.

Mohammed Riyas had earlier responded that those who lost sleep over the continued rule of the LDF government for the first time in the history of Kerala are creating controversies. He told the media that such people should take sleeping pills or exercise well.

'The reporters come forward with questions unexpectedly.

Now it is a situation where you cannot even walk forward as a person while asking questions from around you. If it goes ahead, there is a possibility that the news will come out that the minister has manipulated the media. If you stay silent, then they say you don't have an answer. The minister also said that the media will spread the word that if you laugh, you are ridiculing the media and if you turn away, you are running away from questions.