On Saturday, an apparently embattled Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran, MP, sent ripples around the State’s political spectrum by offering to resign in the face of the Crime Branch investigation targeting him as a suspect in the ‘financial shenanigans’ of the child abuse case convict and alleged fake antiquities dealer Monson Mavunkal.
Mr. Sudhakaran’s offer to step down came amidst a Statewide ‘Black Day’ protest by Congress workers and reports that the Crime Branch is fast expanding its investigation into his party aides. Mr. Sudhakaran said he vested his trust in the judicial process, repeatedly maintained his innocence, and welcomed the probe. However, he averred, somewhat ominously, that he did not want to be a political liability to his party.
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