The LDF MLA's remarks were later justified by Vijayan who said the Congress leader was not someone beyond criticism.
LDF MLA PV Anwar has been booked for promoting enmity between different groups by his remarks that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was a “fourth-grade citizen” and that his DNA should be examined. Anwar, addressing a meeting in Palakkad district on 22 April, had also said that the Congress leader does not deserve to be called by the surname of Gandhi.