Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan has said that Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran should not try to intimidate him by stating that a defamation case will be filed against him.
Speaking at the State-level inauguration of the construction of 60 houses as part of the NGO Union’s diamond jubilee celebrations at Cherupazhassi in Mayyil on Monday, Mr. Govindan said Deshabhimani and the CPI(M) were not afraid of a defamation case and they would fight the case strongly.
He was responding to Mr. Sudhakaran’s statement that he would file a defamation case against the CPI(M) secretary and the party newspaper Deshabhimani. Mr. Govindan had alleged that Mr. Sudhakaran was present at the property when fake antiquities dealer Monson Mavunkal sexually harassed a minor. The allegation was based on a report that appeared in Deshabhimani.
