India, Feb. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Rajya Sabha MP Sadanandan Master praising him for drawing attention to political violence in Kerala by showing his prosthetic limbs in the Upper House. Master had lost his legs in a violent attack in the state three decades ago.

In the letter dated February 6, Modi said that while Master's courage was widely known in Kerala, there were many across the country who were surprised by the attack by "followers of a retrograde ideology."

Sadanand Master, a teacher in Kerala's Kannur, was allegedly attacked by a group affiliated with the CPI(M).

Last week, the BJP MP from Kerala, during his speech, put his artificial limbs on the table, and said he wanted to show the nation...