Cpm Leader Rape Accused

The leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, has apologised for his controversial comments on a rape accused in the state. When asked about the alleged political affiliation of a health official who has been accused of rape, Mr Chennithala shot back at reporters, "Is it written somewhere that only DYFI (CPM youth wing) worke...

Kerala's Health Minister KK Shailaja has defended a senior leader from her party the ruling CPM, saying he did no wrong in publicly revealing the name of a rape survivor. It was not a "big deal," she said of an act punishable by two years in prison.

With just two weeks to go before Parliament meets, the Congress has to decide how it handle its leader PJ Kurien, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who has been accused by a rape survivor in Kerala of assaulting her in 1996 when she was a school girl.

The leader of opposition in the Kerala assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, has apologised for his controversial comments on a rape accused in the state. When asked about the alleged political affiliation of a health official who has been accused of rape, Mr Chennithala shot back at reporters, "Is it written somewhere that only DYFI (CPM youth wing) worke...

Kerala's Health Minister KK Shailaja has defended a senior leader from her party the ruling CPM, saying he did no wrong in publicly revealing the name of a rape survivor. It was not a "big deal," she said of an act punishable by two years in prison.

With just two weeks to go before Parliament meets, the Congress has to decide how it handle its leader PJ Kurien, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, who has been accused by a rape survivor in Kerala of assaulting her in 1996 when she was a school girl.