Turned away from the house of slain NSG major Sandeep Unnikrishnan in Bangalore by his grieving father, Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan on Tuesday failed to show any grace in the matter. In fact, his reaction was that he'd never expected such “irresponsible behaviour from a soldier's
father:”.
In an interview to a TV channel in Bangalore, the angry CM made matters worse by saying: "It was for Sandeep I had gone, otherwise even a dog wouldn't have visited them. I never expected this. A soldier's father should have displayed better behavior...It seems Unnikrishnan (Sr) got all worked up. He was blaming us for the delay in calling on him and taking many names, including that of the Karnataka chief minister.”
K Unnikrishnan, on his part, said he finally met the CM on Sunday night but they did not exchange any words as he was still upset over some casual remarks the latter made while giving his condolences over the phone, and the overzealous way the CM's security men rushed into his house with sniffer dogs. "I did not abuse him, I did not speak a word.”
When contacted, officials accompanying the CM gave a terse reply: “He is not available. You can write whatever you want. We don’t care.”