Kozhikode, March 8 -- A political storm erupted in Kerala following Malayalam actor Mammootty's visit to the newly built rehabilitation township for landslide survivors in Wayanad.
The actor sparked a controversy on Saturday when he asked CPM's Wayanad district secretary K Rafeeq to not stay by his side.
The actor, generally considered a fellow traveller of the CPM, asked Rafeeq why he was standing close to him and said people might think he had come there for the ruling party.
In the visuals, Rafeeq can be seen standing beside the actor. Mammootty asked him to step aside as the public might think he had come at the party's behest.
"Why are you always standing beside me? (Public) might think I have come at your (CPM's) behest," he saidF...