Following the allegations of a young actress against a ‘ young political party leader ‘, accusing him of outraging her modesty through messages, Youth Congress Kerala president Rahul Mamkootathil has resigned from the post.
Announcing the resignation from the post, at a press conference held at his residence in Adoor, Rahul said the young actress is his close friend and she has not named him as the accused ” I don’t think the allegations are against me,” he said.
Rahul said he resigned as youth Congress Kerala unit president,upholding political ethics.His resignation letter has been sent to the youth Congress leadership
Earlier, there were indication that the All India Congress Committee ( AICC) will take action against youth Congress Kerala president and Palakkad MLA, Rahul Mamkoottathil, in of view of the sexual abuse allegations levelled against him
It is learnt that Deepa Das Munshi, AICC general secretary in charge of party affairs in Kerala, has asked the party leadership in Kerala to investigate into the allegations levelled against the youth Congress leaderand there were indications that Rahul may be removed from the post of Youth Congress state president.
There are reports that the AICC leadership has received complaints of misbehaviour against Rahul from within the party.
Rahul faced severe criticism in the youth Congress WhatsApp group too.A woman leader of the Congress has demanded that Rahul should respond to the allegations levelled against him and that he should step aside ,if there is any truth in them.
She has stated in a voice message that the allegations against Rahul cannot be laughed off and that the allegation that the Youth Congress Kerala president is a womaniser is an insult to the party.
The Congress leadership in Kerala is earlier of the view that there was no need for public response on the issue now, since the actress has not revealed the name of the young leader.However, the posts on the social media by people, including writer Honey Bhaskar, mentioning the name of Rahul, put pressure on the Congress leadership
Meanwhile,actress Rini Ann George, who levelled misbehaviour charges against Rahul, has come out with more revelations against the youth Congress leader.Rini said she would not reveal the name of the young leaders now and that she stands by what she already said.
Without revealing the name of the person, Rini on Wednesday levelled serious allegations against a’ young leader’ of a prominent political party.She said the politician has sent offensive messages to her on multiple occasions.Though it is alleged that the ‘ politician’ is an MLA, she refused to reveal his name or party affiliation
” I received inappropriate messages from the politician.He invited me to a location to spend time with him.When I told him I would complain against him , he challenged me to go through with it ‘ who cares was his attitude ‘” she said
Senior Congress leader and Opposition leader in the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan has on Thursday morning said the Congress has taken the complaint seriously and will act against the accused after proper verification and investigation.