Kerala/Keralam, April 7 -- The poll campaign concluded for the 2026 Keralam Assembly Elections, but a purported video of a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Kozhikode yelling Islamophobic statements during a panel discussion and facing the audience's anger has spotlighted the state's secular ethos.

The incident occurred during a political debate programme organised by Malayalam news channel Manorama in Kozhikode's Feroke municipality. M Girish from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Congress's Dinesh Perumanna and BJP's K Ganesh participated in a discussion on civic issues.

Ganesh started praising the saffron party at the Centre, giving the example of the Kozhikode Medical College.

At this, audience members ques...