Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 19 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has strongly criticised the reported move to release a second part of The Kerala Story, stating that the development must be viewed with utmost seriousness as it is allegedly intended to spread hatred against Kerala and insult the State's secular traditions.
In a strongly worded note, the Chief Minister said the first part of the film was packed with "outright lies, venomous propaganda and anti-Kerala narratives" and was produced with clear communal objectives. He said the people of Kerala had clearly recognised the divisive agenda behind the film and had rejected what he termed a distorted creation that wore the cloak of art.
The State, he said, had collectively assert...