Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 -- Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday defended the party's candidate in the Guruvayur Assembly Constituency, B Gopalakrishnan, against the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) breach case, saying he asked voters a question, which did not amount to hate speech.

Speaking to ANI, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that B Gopalakrishnan was not wrong when he asked voters, "Shouldn't there be a Hindu MLA in Guruvayur?"

"B Gopalakrishnan is saying the holy town of Guruvayur, where Lord Guruvayurappan's temple is. Shouldn't there be a Hindu MLA? How is that hate speech? He's asking a question of the voters. Can you imagine today in the Vatican, there being a Hindu MP? Will anybody allow in Mecca, a public representa...