Pathanamthitta/Idukki (Kerala) | Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday justified his sharp remark towards a CPI(M) worker, who tried to ask him a question at a public event, saying that such responses will come if common decencies are not maintained.

Vijayan, on Monday, had said -- "go and ask at home" -- when a CPI(M) worker, Das P George, sought to ask him a question while he was speaking at a public event at Konni in Pathanamthitta district.

On being asked about it on Tuesday by reporters at a press meet in Idukki, the CM said that there are certain common decencies to be maintained at public events, and if they are not followed, it would invite such responses.

"A public event is different from a press conference, and you cannot ask questions in the middle of it. That is not permitted in public events," he said.

Vijayan, at the same time, clarified that he was not saying that anyone came to the event to oppose him or the LDF.

"Sometimes the party workers get excited to different degrees," he said.

He also said that he was aware of the party worker's response to the issue.

The party worker, George, told a TV channel during the day that he had committed a wrong by trying to ask a question when the CM was speaking.

He said he was not hurt by the CM's reaction, as he should not have tried to ask that query.

George said that he only wanted to ask the CM how the government will carry out development activities after it comes to power for a third time, since the Centre has blocked funds meant for KIIFB.

"It was wrong on my part. I should not have interrupted his speech. He (CM) must have felt I disturbed his speech, and that is why he reacted like that," he said.

Meanwhile, Congress General Secretary K C Venugopal said that Vijayan's remark of the previous day indicates that the CM, smelling defeat in the upcoming assembly polls, "has lost his mental equilibrium".

In response to this, Vijayan remarked that if Venugopal thinks common decencies are not to be maintained, that is his call.