KOZHIKODE: Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi expressed displeasure at the supporters for not chanting the 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' slogan. The incident took place at the ‘Awake Youth for Nation’ event in Kozhikode on Saturday. After the speech, the minister raised the slogan but only received a feeble response from the crowd. This angered the minister as she pointed out a woman from the crowd and asked “Is Bharat Mata not your mother? “

Lekhi then continued chanting the slogan until she received a full response from the crowd who all later chanted in their zenith.

Meenakshi Lekhi also responded to the media about the incident of SFIO ordering an investigation against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan. The minister said that the investigation is not politically motivated and a transparent investigation is being conducted.

"Caesar's wife must be above suspicion", minister Lekhi told the media in a purported jibe intended at CM Pinarayi Vijayan.