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Left woman MLA threw things at Chandy: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19
The Congress
party on Thursday showed visuals of Left women legislator Jameela
Prakasham throwing things at Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Finance
Minister K.M. Mani in the assembly during the budget presentation ruckus
on March 13.
Addressing reporters here at the Congress party
headquarters, senior Congress legislator K. Sivadasan Nair, accused by
Prakasham of sexually molesting her in the melee, showed several visuals
to prove that no such act was committed by him.
"The visuals clearly show that her claim of my sexually assaulting her is false," said Nair.
"After
a while she is seen throwing papers when Finance Minister K.M. Mani was
reading the budget. Moreover, in her complaint to Speaker N. Sakthan on
that day (March 13), she said I hit her with my knees and hands. When
the Left opposition found their stock going down on account of the
violence, these women legislators came out with fresh allegations of
sexual assault," added Nair, whom Prakasham bit on hand in the melee.
On
that day, the Left legislators threw the speaker's chair and uprooted
and hurled the electronic equipment and his computer, causing a damage
of Rs.5 lakh.
However, Leader of Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan
in a letter to Speaker Sakthan on Thursday asked him to hand over the
complaint of the five women Left legislators to the police for further
action.
"Five treasury bench legislators in the melee on Friday
physically attacked our five women legislators, and it was a clear
violation of the rights of the women, and hence police should take
action," said Achuthanandan's letter.