Salam said that he was not invited to the roadshow and he had gone to Palakkad only to meet Modi and invite him to Malappuram.
Modi during a roadshow in Palakkad. (X)
The LDF on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the alleged sidelining of NDA candidate Abdul Salam — the BJP’s lone Muslim candidate in Kerala — from his roadshow in Palakkad. CPI(M) leader AK Balan alleged that it conveyed a “wrong message that a Muslim cannot stand close to Modi”, an allegation which Salam refuted, saying that there was no discrimination.