Youth Congress president Rahul Mamkootathil has drawn bipartisan political flak for allegedly casting slanderous aspersions on the pedigree and parentage of the late Chief Minister K. Karunakaran’s daughter Padmaja Venugopal.
Mr. Mamkootathil also faced the risk of legal jeopardy. Ms. Venugopal, who defected from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday, said the Youth Congress leader insulted her mother’s memory.
“Mr. Mamkootathil will answer in court for the misogynistic insinuations he made against my parents. Civil society would not brook such a vile outburst of libellous profanity and vulgar behaviour from an aspiring and young politician,” she said.
