‘Who is Oommen Chandy?’, Vinayakan lands in trouble over social media video

As Kerala bids bye to Congress veteran Oommen Chandy, actor Vinayakan has landed in trouble for ‘bad mouthing’ the leader, who passed away on Tuesday in Bengaluru. The actor faced severe backlash on social media after his video on Chandy garnered attention.

In a Facebook live, Vinayakan slammed the three-day state mourning declared in view of Oommen Chandy’s demise and said, “Who is this Oommen Chandy? Why are there three days (of mourning)? Oommen Chandy died. So what? I’m asking the media to stop it (news coverage).”

Soon after, several netizens including Congress activists slammed Vinayakan for his comments and demanded to register a case against the actor. They also demanded an apology from the actor, who later deleted the video from Facebook. 

Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Ernakulam District Congress Committee (DCC) has lodged a complaint against Vinayakan in connection with the incident. However, the actor has not made any further comments on the row.

Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy breathed his last on Tuesday at a private hospital in Bengaluru. He had been suffering from throat cancer for a long period of time.