Kerala minister attracts flak for ‘trying to settle’ sexual harassment case

Kerala Forest Minister and senior NCP chief A Okay Saseendran on Tuesday drew flak from opposition events for his alleged interference in making an attempt to settle a case associated to accusations in opposition to certainly one of his social gathering leaders allegedly making an attempt to sexually harass a girl.
Saseendran stated he had known as the girl’s father contemplating the problem “as a matter of the party”. He stated, “It is true that I have asked the father to settle the issue. I never knew it as a sexual harassment case.”
In an audio of the purported dialog between Saseendran and the girl’s father, aired by TV channels on Tuesday, a voice resembling that of the minister was heard asking the daddy to settle the problem. “I have come to know that there is a small case against our party leader,” he purportedly requested.
When the sufferer’s father asks whether or not it’s the case pertaining to outraging the modesty of his daughter, the voice resembling Saseendran’s purportedly agreed that he’s conversant in the incident. Then he purportedly stated “that should be settled”.
The girl had complained to native police on June 28 in opposition to NCP state government member G Padmakaran.
CPI(M) state secretary A Vijayaraghavan stated the social gathering would react to the problem solely after learning it.
While Congress’s V D Satheesan stated the minister ought to stop, or “the Chief Minister should show him the door”, state BJP president Okay Surendran alleged that Saseendran has violated his oath of workplace.