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The acquittal of histrion Dileep successful the 2017 Kerala histrion rape case appeared to percolate into canvass time conversations successful the State connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025)
United Democratic Front (UDF) convenor Adoor Prakash appeared to person reignited the debate centring connected the proceedings court’s determination to acquit Dileep of conspiracy charges, alleging that the Kerala authorities was seeking to “further victimise” the histrion by deciding to entreaty the verdict successful the High Court.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) seized connected the connection and sought to weaponise it against the UDF arsenic polling for the archetypal signifier of the section assemblage polls picked up gait crossed 7 confederate districts successful Kerala.
Communist Party of India (CPI) State caput Binoy Viswam said Mr Prakash’s words indicated “the location information that the Congress has persistently sided with intersexual predators.”
“The UDF is not with the oppressed women but with predators. Voters volition springiness a fitting reply to the Opposition’s inherently misogynistic stance. The Congress continued to shield Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who is facing aggregate charges of rape”, helium said.
Mr Viswam claimed that, successful stark contrast, the LDF is astatine the forefront of the survivors’ combat for justice. “The Left volition not bow to the arrogance and fiscal heft of intersexual predators”, helium added.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] wide caput M. A. Baby stated that the LDF would permission nary chromatic unturned to support survivors and guarantee justice.
V. Sivankutty, General Education Minister and CPI(M) State Committee member, said Mr Prakash’s connection reflected the Congress’ mindset. “Let voters beryllium successful judgement connected Mr Prakash’s statement”, helium added.
Law Minister P. Rajeeve said the LDF’s “pro-women presumption was a argumentation acceptable successful stone”, and not an idiosyncratic oregon case-specific one. He said it was reductive of the Congress to word the government’s determination to entreaty the proceedings tribunal verdict successful the 2017 histrion rape lawsuit successful the High Court a witch-hunt.
Mr Rajeeve said the lawsuit had far-reaching consequences successful nine and accused the Congress of being brazenly dismissive of its ineligible and societal implications. “For one, it paved the mode for the Hema Committee, which examined accusations of intersexual harassment and exploitation successful the movie industry. It led to the mandatory constitution of interior complaints committees successful the movie and amusement industry. The lawsuit emboldened survivors to talk retired and question justice”, helium added.
Mr Rajeeve said the proceedings tribunal had convicted those straight progressive successful the crime. The peculiar probe squad (SIT), which probed the case, contended that the transgression was the extremity merchandise of an entrenched conspiracy.
However, the tribunal recovered the SIT’s grounds wanting. “It’s obligatory for the State broadside to spell connected appeal. Moreover, the subsister besides desires specified a ineligible move”, helium added.
Congress person K. Muraleedharan said the subsister had the close to entreaty the proceedings court’s verdict if she felt aggrieved. “There is nary verdict that satisfies each parties. It’s the State’s prerogative to spell connected appeal. It is not advisable to premix authorities into the debate”, helium added.
Earlier, elder Congress person and erstwhile Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala had dismissed Mr Prakash’s connection arsenic a “personal opinion”.
