Trying To Mislead Muslims: VD Satheesan Slams Pinarayi Vijayan Over Waqf Row

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday hit back at Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan over the State Waqf Board controversy, days after the former accused the Congress-led UDF government of striking a political deal with the BJP and betraying minorities by moving to induct non-Muslim members into the board.Rejecting the charge, Satheesan said it was the opposition leader who was spreading communal propaganda, trying to turn the Muslim community against the UDF through a false narrative while concealing that the government had itself asked the courts to dismiss the petitions challenging the board.Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, Satheesan said his government's stand in court had been clear and consistent, that the petitions should be thrown out and that the opposition was hiding this to stir anti-UDF sentiment among Muslims."The opposition leader, in order to spread communalism, has wrongly carried out communal propaganda to turn Muslims against the…