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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) said that an editorial successful the enactment mouthpiece successful Kerala defending Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was not its basal and instructions person been issued to close it.
The editorial – titled ‘'Let those who person not committed immoderate misdeed propulsion stones’ – claimed that Mr. Mamkootathil was a unfortunate of a CPI(M) conspiracy to discredit the enactment successful presumption of the upcoming section assemblage polls.
Following disapproval from assorted quarters that the Congress and its mouthpiece were trying to support the Palakkad MLA, Mr. Joseph said that what was said successful the nonfiction was against the enactment basal and ideology.
"Instructions person been issued to close it. It was thing which should not person travel successful the enactment mouthpiece," helium said.
Mr. Joseph besides said that Mr. Mamkootathil was suspended from the enactment with the implicit concurrence of each the Congress leaders successful the State.
"Nobody has disagreed with the determination we person taken," helium emphasised.
Editorial is enactment stand: Muraleedharan
On the different hand, elder enactment person K. Muraleedharan contended that the editorial was the enactment stand.
He said that the editorial was not justifying oregon protecting Mr. Mamkootathil, alternatively it was intending to constituent retired that the CPI(M), which has not taken immoderate enactment against Left MLA Mukesh who is accused of intersexual assault, was demanding that Mr. Mamkootathil should resign connected motivation grounds.
"This basal of the CPI(M) is what the editorial aims to highlight. Neither the insubstantial nor the Congress is justifying what Mr. Mamkootathil did. What the insubstantial said is the enactment stand," Mr. Muraleedharan said.
He further said that the enactment had suspended the Palakkad MLA close aft the allegations against him surfaced, but the CPI(M) which is advising the Congress astir morality should inquire its people's representatives to pb by example.
Mr. Muraleedharan said that Mr. Mamkootathil volition not beryllium allowed backmost successful the enactment till helium proves his innocence.
He besides said the Congress was not against women raising specified issues which harm their self-respect. "But, if specified issues are utilized for governmental gains, past we volition respond against it," helium asserted.
MLA’s enactment wrong: Sudhakaran
Earlier successful the day, erstwhile KPCC president K. Sudhakaran said that what Mr. Mamkootathil did was "wrong" and helium had "scolded" the Palakkad MLA implicit the telephone for his actions.
Mr. Sudhakaran said that helium has nary idiosyncratic involvement successful Mr. Mamkootathil, but earlier condemning a people's representative, each facts and aspects should beryllium taken into consideration.
"Let the proceedings against him continue. If helium is punished, fto him suffer. No governmental extortion volition beryllium fixed to him," helium said.
Regarding Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan's caller remarks astir the Palakkad MLA, Mr. Sudhakaran said helium would not respond to specified comments which are made without immoderate thought.
SFI stages protests
Meanwhile, the CPI(M)'s pupil wing, the Student Federation of India (SFI), protested against the Palakkad MLA by putting up his 'wanted' posters, asking whether helium has been seen anywhere.
Visuals connected TV channels showed SFI activists putting up his 'wanted' posters astatine assorted places successful Palakkad and distributing it among the nationalist saying that the constabulary should beryllium informed connected seeing him arsenic helium has allegedly sexually assaulted respective women.
A lawsuit was registered against Mr. Mamkoottathil connected Friday aft a pistillate accused him of intersexual battle and forcing her to terminate a pregnancy.
Mr. Mamkoottathil denied the allegations against him, calling them politically motivated, successful an anticipatory bail petition filed successful a tribunal connected the aforesaid day.
The complainant had approached Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with her grievance connected Thursday, aft which the lawsuit was registered.
As per the FIR, Mamkoottathil assaulted the complainant and raped her connected aggregate occasions.
A peculiar probe squad has been constituted, and a lookout circular has been issued to forestall the accused from leaving the country.
Mr. Mamkoottathil was suspended from the superior rank of the Congress connected August 25.
He had earlier resigned arsenic Youth Congress State president.
