Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan allegedly body-shamed an Opposition MLA on the floor of the assembly today during the discussion on the Sabarimala gold misappropriation row that has been rocking state’s political scene.

Vijayan made the remark allegedly mocking the MLA’s height while responding to the Opposition. Notably, Kerala’s Congress-led Opposition has been disrupting the assembly for three consecutive days, and it led to clashes with the Watch and Ward staff today. The Opposition staged a walkout today, too.

While speaking about the Opposition’s actions in the assembly, the chief minister said: “There is a saying in our place— ettu mukkal atti vechappole (a colloquial expression that can be loosely translated as ‘like eight three-quarter coins stacked up’)—that is how tha

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