<p>Malappuram (Kerala): Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan has made controversial remarks against Muslim-dominated Malappuram district in the state, describing it as a "separate nation" or an exclusive "state of certain people".</p><p>SNDP is an organisation that represents the numerically strong Ezhava community in Kerala.</p><p>While addressing a convention of community members at Chungathara here on Friday, Natesan said that people belonging to the backward community are living under constant fear in Malappuram.</p>.Allot funds for AMU's Malappuram campus or return land: IUML Member Abdul Wahab.<p>He charged that the community members could not even breathe freely here and were treated just as "voting machines".</p><p>"I think, you (community members) cannot live here speaking your independent opinion. Malappuram is a separate nation...or a separate state of certain people." He further said that was the reason for the continuing backwardness of Ezhava people in Malappuram.</p>.<p>He sought to know whether the community members in Malappuram have received any benefits from the country's independence decades ago.</p><p>Barring the MGNREGA, in which field does the backward community members have significant representations, he asked during the address.</p><p>He also claimed that the Ezhava community members are suffering due to vote bank politics. </p>
<p>Malappuram (Kerala): Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan has made controversial remarks against Muslim-dominated Malappuram district in the state, describing it as a "separate nation" or an exclusive "state of certain people".</p><p>SNDP is an organisation that represents the numerically strong Ezhava community in Kerala.</p><p>While addressing a convention of community members at Chungathara here on Friday, Natesan said that people belonging to the backward community are living under constant fear in Malappuram.</p>.Allot funds for AMU's Malappuram campus or return land: IUML Member Abdul Wahab.<p>He charged that the community members could not even breathe freely here and were treated just as "voting machines".</p><p>"I think, you (community members) cannot live here speaking your independent opinion. Malappuram is a separate nation...or a separate state of certain people." He further said that was the reason for the continuing backwardness of Ezhava people in Malappuram.</p>.<p>He sought to know whether the community members in Malappuram have received any benefits from the country's independence decades ago.</p><p>Barring the MGNREGA, in which field does the backward community members have significant representations, he asked during the address.</p><p>He also claimed that the Ezhava community members are suffering due to vote bank politics. </p>