Thursday, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy passed a statement by saying, Prime Minister Narendra Modi owes an apology, not silence, to Kerala for comparing the state with Somalia.

Chandy took facebook to post his share "Modi left Kochi last night without withdrawing his remarks. Malayalees all over the world are upset over the remarks of the PM”.

"With the pride of the Malayalees deeply affected, none expected silence from PM. Instead what all thought was he would withdraw the statements and apologize. Keralites continue to expect that the PM would apologise,"  Chandy said while reffering PM’s remarks at election rallies.

The matter rose up when, Modi said on Sunday that "the child death ratio among Scheduled Tribes in Kerala is scarier than even Somalia" - provoking protests across the state.

Modi also cited media reports that said tribal children in Peravoor were seen foraging for food in a garbage dump to make his case that the state had not been properly governed.