Kollam MLA Mukesh kicks up row over telephone name with college scholar

By PTI
KOLLAM: CPI(M) MLA M Mukesh has courted an argument by shouting at a category 10 scholar from Palakkad for calling him up for assist as a substitute of the legislator of the boy’s personal district.

Mukesh additionally claimed that the telephone name was a part of a “politically motivated plan” to “harass him and corner him” right into a state of affairs, which might spark an outburst from him.

Mukesh informed the media that ever since he has been re-elected from Kollam, he has been receiving calls in any respect hours of the day on frivolous points like why is the practice late, when electrical energy provide will likely be restored, and so on., and all these are a part of a “major plan” to harass him.

In the audio clip of the telephonic conversationbetween the actor and the boy which went viral, the coed will be heard saying that he had known as asking for some assist and that he bought the quantity from a buddy.

However, an irate Mukesh, doesn’t ask what was the coed’s grievance and shouts on the boy that he ought to have known as the MLA from Palakkad, who will not be useless, for assist earlier than calling him.

He additionally informed the coed that he ought to slap his buddy on the face for giving the variety of the actor as a substitute of the Palakkad MLA.

When the boy says he doesn’t know who the Palakkad MLA is, Mukesh mentioned that had the coed been standing earlier than him, he would have caned him.

He informed {the teenager} to seek out out who the Palakkad MLA is and to talk to her or him and to not name him once more with out first contacting the legislator of that constituency.

Explaining his conduct, Mukesh mentioned that the coed had known as him six instances previous to the recorded dialog and every time he had informed the boy that he was in a zoom assembly and would name him again.

However, the boy stored calling and the assembly bought lower off, he claimed.

The actor additional mentioned that his comment concerning caning the boy was simply an expression as his conduct in direction of kids will be ascertained from the youngsters’s present he had hosted.

He mentioned there was no want to show him learn how to behave with kids as he himself has children, at all times tries to encourage kids to attain their greatest and by no means misbehaves with them and the moment incident was a properly ‘conceived plan’ to misery him.

Mukesh, through his video, additionally conveyed a message to the category 10 scholar that the one that gave him the actor’s quantity was not a buddy, reasonably an enemy of the boy and the State and kids ought to not take heed to such folks.

He additionally mentioned {that a} class 10 scholar ought to know who’s the MLA of their constituency.

The actor mentioned he could be submitting a criticism with the Cyber Cell of police and shortly it could be revealed who all have been behind the incident.

He mentioned that the category 10 scholar might need been distressed by the incident, however he was much more distressed {that a} state of affairs arose the place he has to resort to make clear his stand.

This will not be the primary time Mukesh has been the centre of controversy over his response to a phone name.

A couple of years again he had ranted at a caller who had known as him at 11 pm.