<p class="title">Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stirred controversy by lashing out at a woman who approached him at a public function in Kerala's Kannur on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the video of the incident went viral, the Kannur district collector on Sunday issued a statement saying that the woman was mentally ill and had earlier behaved in a similar manner with some other leaders too</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the function, organised to honour flood relief volunteers at the collectorate hall in Kannur, a woman went up the dais and complained to Vijayan that the government hasn't done anything. Holding Vijayan's hand, she repeated the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He then asked the woman to her seat— she was unmoved and repeated the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At this, Vijayan— who is known for his harsh behaviour — lost his temper and shouted at the woman to move away and pulled his hands from hers. By then some one from audience took the woman away from the dais.</p>
<p class="title">Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has stirred controversy by lashing out at a woman who approached him at a public function in Kerala's Kannur on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the video of the incident went viral, the Kannur district collector on Sunday issued a statement saying that the woman was mentally ill and had earlier behaved in a similar manner with some other leaders too</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the function, organised to honour flood relief volunteers at the collectorate hall in Kannur, a woman went up the dais and complained to Vijayan that the government hasn't done anything. Holding Vijayan's hand, she repeated the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He then asked the woman to her seat— she was unmoved and repeated the same.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At this, Vijayan— who is known for his harsh behaviour — lost his temper and shouted at the woman to move away and pulled his hands from hers. By then some one from audience took the woman away from the dais.</p>
