Rahul Mamkootathil: A man of quick rise and quicker fall

Rahul Mamkootathil’s growth in the Congress as the face of the party was with astonishing speed. His fall was even faster.

Even those who had always supported Rahul in his growth could only watch helplessly as he fell. The political career of the young leader Rahul Mamkootathil has become like a game of snakes and ladders

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. When the Congress saw that there was no other way to restore the morale of the party, which had been in the opposition for a long time, Rahul Mamkootathil was made a front fighter in cyberspace and beyond.

The party expelled Rahul for breaking the trust entrusted up on him and the shame and disgrace he brought to the party through his immoral acts. His expulsion from the party is an attempt to draw a line under a serial sexual predation scandal that has haunted the Congress in Kerala since August.

Congress leader Shama Mohammed has accused Rahul Mamkootathil of being a sexual predator. An MLA of the Congress cannot be a sexual predator, she said in a post on X

Rahul was a superstar in the era when cyberspace and reels controlled politics. He was the face of Congress in state politics during the changing times.

Rahul was a role model for the new generation party members who believe that colour, not Khadar , that the party workers should wear .

He became the sharp tongue of Congress in channel discussions and in street meetings . All those who thought that the party, which had lost twice, should not be stuck in the old style applauded Rahul. Although there was criticism that this style was not Congress’s, Rahul stood firm.

Rahul’s writings on social media also received innumerable likes. Rahul quickly grew into the leader of cyber gangs that could surround and stab anyone

Rahul was the Congress leader who dared to call Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whom his opponents were afraid to criticise, ‘abyanthara vazha’ and ‘Edo Vijaya’, and to address Minister Mohammed Riyaz as Marumon Cherukkan (Son-in-law boy).

Keralites have seen many times that even top leaders of the CPM were unable to counter Rahul’s arguments in channel discussions

Rahul, the young leader who had climbed the ladder was swallowed up by the feeling that everything was now in his hands. When serious allegations were levelled against him , he challenged the victims and the general public. Even when he was forced to resign as state youth Congress president , the issue of morality did not bother him .

He explained that he had not done anything wrong legally. When action was taken for bad character, he did not give in and remained silent. He abused and attacked those who advocated for action against him and those who criticized him . He was in a hurry to return to the party, confident that there would be no more complaints.

Some of the senior leaders supported him. But when the victim of the sexual assault filed complaint against him, those who supported him abandoned Rahul. Realizing that if they continued to carry the burden, everyone would sinkand Rahul was expelled from the party .