BJP MLA V Muraleedharan Slammed for Dropping Sweets on Tribal Students' Desks
03 June 2026 | The News Minute
Newly elected BJP MLA from Kazhakkootam, V Muraleedharan, has drawn widespread criticism after a video showed him dropping candies onto the desks of tribal schoolchildren during a school reopening ceremony in Thiruvananthapuram. Critics compared the act to discriminatory social practices that Kerala has long sought to leave behind.
The incident took place on Monday, June 1, at the government-run Dr Ambedkar Memorial Model Residential School in Kattela, a tribal educational institution that provides residential schooling and support for Scheduled Tribe students in Thiruvananthapuram district…