After Viral Video Of Kerala Boy Raising Slogans At Rally, 2 Charged
NDTV
A video of the incident doing rounds on social media shows the boy sitting on the shoulders of a man as he makes hate slogans against people belonging to Hindu and Christian communities in Kerala.
A police case has been registered in Kerala after a boy was seen making hate slogans during a political rally last week. The development came after the Kerala High Court expressed concerns about children being used in political and religious rallies.
The incident is reported to have taken place at a march by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in coastal Alappuzha last week. A video of the incident doing rounds on social media shows the boy sitting on the shoulders of a man as he makes hate slogans against people belonging to Hindu and Christian communities in Kerala.
"Aren't they fostering a new generation that grows up with religious hatred in their minds? When this child grows up and becomes a major, his mind will already be conditioned to this kind of rhetoric. Something must be done," Justice Gopinath had said while hearing the matter on Monday.
The national commission for protection of child rights had put pressure on the Kerala police to register an FIR, after which the one person has been taken into custody. The individual hails from Kottayam's Erattupetta. It is suspected that he brought the child to the rally.
