Kerala Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan demands investigation into ‘defamatory’ remarks made by Major Ravi

Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan connected Friday (June 12, 2026) lodged a petition with Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala demanding an probe into the defamatory remarks made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person and filmmaker Major Ravi regarding the erstwhile Chief Minister’s sojourn to wage his past respects to Innocent, histrion and erstwhile MP of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), aft his death.

According to a property merchandise from Mr. Vijayan’s office, a ailment has besides been submitted to State Police Chief Ravada Chandrasekhar regarding Mr. Ravi’s remarks and the consequent societal media campaign. Mr. Ravi had claimed successful a wide shared video that the erstwhile Chief Minister had attended the ceremonial of Innocent accompanied by a convoy of 55 vehicles and 560 constabulary personnel. Several societal media handles were utilized to dispersed the video crossed platforms.

Links to the existent visuals of the time of the incidental and the posts that were fabricated and circulated person been provided on with the complaint. The ailment besides points astatine a conspiracy down the transgression and defamatory societal media run and demands a technological probe and punitive enactment against the culprits.

Mr. Vijayan’s bureau had earlier stated that the existent visuals of him arriving to wage respects to Innocent had already appeared connected assorted media channels. Anyone examining these visuals could easy spot that the allegations raised by Major Ravi were baseless and that the visuals circulating connected societal media successful enactment of these allegations were fabricated.