'Congress helped Rahul by not asking him to resign as MLA, his political mentors are also under cloud of suspicion'

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former BJP state president K Surendran has said that the Congress leadership cannot evade responsibility for keeping Rahul Mamkootathil as an MLA for so long. He said the party should have forced Rahul to resign when the first complaints emerged. Instead, the Congress has now taken what he called a “laughable move” by saying they are not responsible simply because he has been expelled- “as if they were incapable of taking action earlier,” Surendran said.

Surendran added that if the Congress had any genuine commitment to the public and to women, they would have ensured Rahul Mamkootathil’s resignation from the Assembly at the very beginning. He alleged that the party’s current claim of expelling him is merely an attempt to mislead the people.

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