This deranged piece in The Telegraph was triggered after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan passed a resolution in Kerala Assembly demanding that the Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda be recalled.
Muslim scholars’ body Samastha Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema, which is pro-IUML, supported quashing of the ratio and demanded full right over the scholarships.
Riyaz is infamous for leading ‘beef cooking’ protests after the center sought to regulate cattle purchase and sale. He had also unsuccessfully contested for the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2019.
The Ernakulam 'war room' for COVID is actually Integrated Command and Control Centre that was fully funded by the Government of India as a part of the Smart City Mission.