Actor-Turned-Politician Suresh Gopi Lands In 'Vishu Kaineettam' Row
NDTV
The national award-winning actor, whose tenure as Rajya Sabha MP would end later this month, had organised a mass 'vishu kaineettam' distribution campaign earlier this week in Thrissur, where he unsuccessfully contested in the last Assembly polls.
The ancient practice of giving 'vishu kaineettam' has landed actor-turned-politician and BJP MP, Suresh Gopi in a controversy in Kerala as netizens criticised him after a video in which he was seen sitting in a car distributing money and people touching his feet accepting their 'kaineettam', went viral on social media platforms.
According to Hindu custom, a small amount of money would be given to children, elderly and women as "kaineettam" with a blessing that wealth will multiply as part of the harvest festival Vishu, which falls on April 15 this year.
The national award-winning actor, whose tenure as Rajya Sabha MP would end later this month, had organised a mass 'vishu kaineettam' distribution campaign earlier this week in Thrissur, where he unsuccessfully contested in the last Assembly polls.
Besides BJP activists, he also distributed one rupee currency note as 'kaineettam' to people from various walks of life including children and elderly across the district.
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