Vadakara MP and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president Shafi Parambil has chosen to evade direct questions from the media associated to the allegations of sexual abuse levelled in opposition to his shut confidante and Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, which led to his latest resignation from the put up of Youth Congress State president.

Mr. Parambil was at Vadakara city on Saturday to open a day-long protest organised on the personal bus stand premises in opposition to the delay in completion of the Vengalam-Azhiyoor stretch of the NH-66 that passes by means of his constituency.

Asked if he had obtained any complaints in opposition to Mr. Mamkootathil, Mr. Parambil replied within the detrimental. The Congress chief claimed that Mr. Mamkootathil give up his put up sticking to a excessive ethical floor when allegations have been raised in opposition to him. “There was no court docket judgment, no First Information Report was filed in opposition to him, not even an official criticism was there. Even then, he determined to resign from the put up and the KPCC authorized his resolution. If a Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] activist had give up in comparable circumstances, you [the media] would have extolled that motion,” Mr. Parambil stated.

The Congress MP additionally dismissed media experiences and social media campaigns accusing him of holding a silence over the problem. “Some media experiences instructed that I had absconded to Bihar. All of you might be conscious of the protests in opposition to the Special Intensive Revision of the voters’ record there. I went there to be a part of it,” Mr. Parambil stated.

Asked about his tackle the allegations in opposition to Mr. Mamkootathil, the Congress chief stated, “The KPCC president has responded, the Opposition chief has spoken on the problem and Mr. Mamkootathil himself has addressed a press meet. It isn’t obligatory that each one the leaders ought to converse to the media. You folks [the media] ought to introspect if this perspective is true,” he stated. Mr. Parambil additionally puzzled what ethical proper the CPI(M), the Left Democratic Front, and the BJP needed to level fingers on the Congress as their very own leaders and folks’s representatives had not give up their posts when grave allegations have been levelled in opposition to them.

Meanwhile, a bunch of activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India and the CPI(M) staged an indication in opposition to the MP when he was addressing the protest occasion. They raised slogans in opposition to Mr. Parambil for shielding Mr. Mamkootathil. Some of the activists additionally levelled allegations in opposition to Okay.Okay. Rema, Vadakara MLA and Revolutionary Marxist Party of India chief, who gained the seat with the help of the Congress-led United Democratic Front.

Published – August 23, 2025 04:40 pm IST

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