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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan connected Friday (December 5, 2025) slammed the Congress enactment for what helium termed arsenic “the enactment of immoderate leaders protecting” Rahul Mankootathil, the Congress legislator who is connected the tally pursuing allegations of serial intersexual misconduct.
“Those Congress leaders who are shielding the legislator should halt doing so, arsenic helium has been hiding and avoiding apprehension with their support,” helium said.
The Chief Minister, who besides holds the Home portfolio, said the constabulary had been acting efficaciously successful the lawsuit and trying to find the legislator, who went connected hiding aft the allegations surfaced.
The (Congress) enactment leaders protected and projected him by describing the discredited legislator arsenic an concern for the future, adjacent portion being alert of the allegations against him. He should person been kept retired of nationalist beingness the infinitesimal the allegations of intersexual misconduct came to the announcement of the enactment leadership, said Mr. Vijayan, portion attending a property league astatine the Ernakulam Press Club.
The accusation that has been revealed successful narration to the allegations against Mr. Mankootathil was “shocking and beyond comprehension.” The accusation that had surfaced indicated that helium is simply a intersexual pervert. Those who had been guarding him should halt doing it. The determination of the Congress to expel him from the organisation cannot beryllium termed arsenic an exemplary act, arsenic a fewer Congress legislators, who were jailed successful akin cases, continued to beryllium the enactment legislators, helium said.
“The acts of the legislator brought humiliation to the Congress, which has a arrogant governmental legacy. The behaviour of the Congress MLA doesn’t augur good with the values of nationalist life,” helium said.
Mr. Vijayan besides criticised the caller incidental successful which Congress workers allegedly heckled journalists who had asked questions to elder Congress person Ramesh Chennithala successful Palakkad astir Mr. Mankootathil. “The cyberattack against those who criticised Mr. Mankootathil indicated that the funny groups are retired to support him and soundlessness those who criticised him, which is an unacceptable practice,” helium said.
