Kerala Congress chief K Sudhakaran booked for his remarks against Chief Minister

The Congress said the case against its Kerala chief K Sudhakaran is a politically-motivated move and the party will deal with it legally.

Thiruvanathapuram: The Kerala police on Thursday registered a case against state Congress president K Sudhakaran MP for his controversial comments against chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, officials said.

s remarks comparing the chief minister to an “unleashed dog” while talking about the upcoming by-election in Thrikkakara triggered a political controversy in the state. But the Congress said it was a politically-motivated move and the party will deal with it legally.

Kochi police commissioner C H Nagaraju said a case under Section 153 (provocation to cause riot and enmity) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the leader. Earlier a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) youth leader filed a complaint against the Congress president at Palarivattom police station citing his speech, and the case was based on this.

Sudhakaran was talking to a news channel on Tuesday about the upcoming by-election in Thrikkakara. “We have enough confidence. Our vote margin will increase. But the ruling camp is in utter confusion. Camping at the constituency, it is the CM who is behaving like a…,” he said.