KOZHIKODE: CPM mouthpiece Deshabhimani stated that veteran writer MT Vasudevan Nair's speech at the inauguration of the Kerala Literature Festival was not directed at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan or the state government. Deshabhimani stated in an article that MT Vasudevan Nair had informed that there was no point in making his speech controversial.

Those who know Malayalam can understand that the speech that mentioned the situations in countries like Russia was not directed at the state government. MT also said that he was not responsible for the controversy and discussions created by media in this regard, the article said.