New Delhi, March 5 -- BJP leader and former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday openly pulled up the Malayalam television channel he owns for its remarks on the recently concluded Mahakumbh mela during one of its programmes.

The television channel in question, Asianet News, is owned by Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Chandrasekhar said that he received messages from many people saying that their sentiments were hurt by what was said on the show.

"A number of malayalees have msgd me hurt by what they believe to be a program mocking #MahaKhumb. My family also were among the crores of devotees who were there [sic]," he said.

The former Union minister said that he brought this matter to the attention of sen...