(Mr. Ganesh Kumar is the NSS Pathanamthitta taluk union president and a member of its Director Board.) Burned in effigyMr. Ganesh Kumar’s statement came against the backdrop of some persons, claiming to be NSS members, burning Mr. Nair in effigy in Neyyattinkara. Some sections of the media are lionising such cowardice and misleadingly portraying that Mr. Nair is facing a rebellion in the NSS,” Mr. Ganesh Kumar added. Based on issuesMr. Ganesh Kumar said Mr. Nair had not veered from the NSS’s stated principle of political equi-distance. Mr. Ganesh Kumar said the NSS had always engaged successive governments on varied issue.