Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 -- An uncalled-for appearance by former Pakistani cricket star Shahid Afridi at an event organised by a section of the NRI Malayali community in Dubai has drawn the ire of several people, including the Kerala Unit of the BJP.

Referring to a news article from Pakistani news website Geo News, K Surendran, the former Kerala BJP president K Surendran has criticised the members of the NRI Kerala community.

"What can we call the Malayali organisation that brought Pakistani cricketers and organised a celebration in Dubai, anything other than traitors? Shahid Afridi is the one who justified the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and mocked India. If they want to bring Afridi, who spat venom against India while in Pakistan, ...