Mahatekar says "According to our Constitution,a person cannot be referred to in terms of his caste. And if you do so you are insulting him." In Kerala, Nair, Menon, Panicker, Namboothiripad etc. are different caste names.Nobody objects when they are called by these names. First Chief minister of Kerala was EMS Namboothiripad. Namboothiripad is his caste name. Similarly, the Bhattacharya in the name of WB Chief minister is his caste name. What Mahatekar says may be correct only in the case of dalits.
