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The Congress connected Sunday distanced itself from MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who was arrested successful a intersexual battle case, stating that helium had been expelled from the enactment agelong ago.
Senior Congress person K. Muraleedharan said the enactment removed the Palakkad MLA aft realising his alleged wrongdoing.
“After that, helium is nary longer our responsibility, and the enactment is not answerable for anything,” helium said.
Asked astir Mamkootathil having been elected arsenic an MLA connected a Congress ticket, Muraleedharan reiterated that the enactment expelled him aft uncovering responsibility connected his part.
He said further enactment against Mamkootathil should beryllium taken by the authorities and the police.
Mr. Muraleedharan added that the Congress does not travel a contented of claiming that each its actions are close portion those of others are wrong. “We person ne'er supported golden thieves oregon womanisers,” helium claimed.
On Mamkootathil continuing arsenic an MLA, Muraleedharan said helium should person resigned agelong ago.
“Since we person expelled him, we person nary close to request his resignation. We cannot adjacent contented him a whip,” helium said.
Responding to questions connected the CPI(M) allegedly utilizing the apprehension for governmental mileage during elections, Mr. Muraleedharan said the Congress had respective issues to rise against the Left.
“Our enactment took action. On the different hand, a CPI(M) person facing a akin lawsuit is claiming helium volition contention the predetermination again,” helium said.
Despite knowing astir the offences, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan allowed the CPI(M) person to contention elections twice, Mr. Muraleedharan alleged.
Leader of Opposition V. D. Satheesan said helium would not respond to allegations raised by LDF leaders successful transportation with the Mamkootathil incident.
He said LDF leaders should archetypal analyse their ain ranks and explicate wherefore immoderate of their leaders proceed successful nationalist beingness contempt cases of a akin quality being registered against them.
Asked whether the Congress would request Mamkootathil’s resignation from the MLA post, Mr. Satheesan said the enactment had nary specified close astatine present. “He is not successful our enactment now. How tin we inquire for the resignation of a idiosyncratic who is nary longer portion of the party?” He said the instrumentality would instrumentality its ain people and that everyone successful the State was alert of his basal connected the issue.
“I was personally attacked successful the sanction of this incident. It did not impact maine then. My presumption is known to all,” helium said.
Mr. Satheesan said the enactment believed much successful enactment than words and that it had acted astatine the close clip by expelling Mamkootathil from the Congress.
When asked whether the Congress would enactment a solution successful the Assembly seeking Mamkootathil’s disqualification, helium said the substance would beryllium considered if and erstwhile it came up. “We volition determine then. I americium not the idiosyncratic to instrumentality that call. The determination has to beryllium taken by the party,” helium said.
He added that the determination to suspend and expel Mamkootathil was not taken by him unsocial but was a corporate determination of the party.
Earlier, Palakkad District Congress Committee president A. Thankappan said Mamkootathil was nary longer associated with the party. He said it was up to Mamkootathil to determine whether helium should resign from the MLA post.
Similarly, Indian Union Muslim League person P. K .Kunhalikutty said Mamkootathil was present an idiosyncratic with nary relation with the Congress.
“Congress has nary work regarding Mamkootathil. It is present up to him to look the allegations that are repeatedly emerging against him,” helium said, adding that the instrumentality would instrumentality its course.
Meanwhile, LDF convenor T. P. Ramakrishnan alleged that the Congress was liable for Mamkootathil contempt expelling him, calling the determination a “face-saving exercise”.
“After expelling Mamkootathil, Congress should person demanded his resignation from the MLA post. No specified request has been raised truthful far, and Congress leaders are protecting him,” helium said.
Earlier successful the day, General Education Minister V. Sivankutty said that adjacent aft cases were registered, Mamkootathil attended respective nationalist events with the enactment of Congress leaders.
“Congress should guarantee that his presumption does not springiness him immoderate benignant of protection. We person accusation that the Congress campy is inactive supporting him. The instrumentality volition instrumentality its ain course,” helium said.
CPI(M) authorities caput M. V. Govindan said the Congress was facing a “severe motivation decay.” He alleged that the rape incidents took spot erstwhile Mamkootathil was successful complaint of the Youth Congress arsenic good arsenic serving arsenic an MLA.
“He was promoted based connected these acts,” Mr. Govindan alleged.
He said the CPI(M) had not demanded Mamkootathil’s disqualification from the Assembly, arsenic radical were already witnessing the developments related to the case.
“It is not conscionable 1 oregon 3 cases. There could beryllium astir 10 to 18 cases. Only 3 cases person been registered truthful far. More volition travel retired soon,” helium said.
BJP person P. K. Krishnadas alleged that the Congress was lasting much with Mamkootathil than with the victims and demanded that the enactment question his resignation from the MLA post.
