Suryanelli sex scandal: Kurien enjoys the support of AK Antony, the Church and Nair community

On Sunday, at the Maramon Convention in central Kerala, Asia's biggest Christian convention, Mar Thoma Church head Joseph Mar Thomas described Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Pallath Joseph J Kurien as 'the dear son of the Church'. The Church's darling is also a pride of the Nair Service Society, a powerful organisation of the upper-class Hindu Nair community. NSS general secretary G Sukumaran Nair, who had termed Shashi Tharoor a Delhi Nair, had warmly welcomed Kurien's sixth time election to the Rajya Sabha.

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