Rahul Mamkootathil Suspended: Congress suspends Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil; ‘told to stay away’ from assembly polls, Sleaze chat row | Thiruvananthapuram News
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As a face saving measure the Congress leadership in the state suspended its Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil from the primary membership. The suspension has come based on the sexual misconduct allegations against him.Even though there has been a demand for the resignation from the MLA post, the party leadership decided against it to avoid a bypoll in Palakkad. Rahul Mamkootathil had earlier resigned from the state youth congress president post. With the suspension from the primary membership of the party Rahul will no longer be a member of the Congress parliamentary party. As a result he will not be able to sit with the UDF members in the ensuing Assembly session which is scheduled in September. There are also reports that the party leadership has asked Rahul to stay away from the next Assembly election.The senior leaders had earlier demanded his resignation from the MLA post. However the party leadership was feared of a debacle if there is a bypoll at this juncture in Palakkad. The Assembly bypoll in the state is expected in April or May next year and hence the party was not ready to face a defeat now.Hence it was decided to avoid such an embarassing situation for the party. Hence the KPCC leadership to go ahead with the disciplinary action against him within the party.
