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AICC Orders Probe into Complaints Against Palakkad Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil

The Commune — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:47:01 +0000

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has directed the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) to conduct an internal probe into complaints raised against first-time legislator and Youth Congress president, Rahul Mamkoottathil.

Indications have come that he might be removed from the post of president. AICC general secretary in charge of Kerala, Deepadas Munshi, has instructed the state leadership to examine the matter and report back. The development comes amid mounting political pressure and public debate over the allegations.

On Wednesday night, angry BJP workers staged a protest march to Mamkoottathil’s office in Palakkad, the constituency he represents. Senior BJP leader C. Krishnakumar, who had finished second to Mamkoottathil in last year’s by-election, alleged that at least two complaints have now surfaced against the MLA.

“On Thursday, a female writer came out alleging inappropriate behaviour by him,” Krishnakumar claimed. The CPI(M) has also stepped in, with Palakkad district secretary Suresh Babu urging the Congress leadership to take “appropriate action” against the legislator.

The controversy first erupted when actress Rini Ann George alleged that a young leader of a prominent political party had misbehaved with her a few years ago. However, she refrained from naming the leader.

On Thursday, she reiterated her claim but declined to disclose the name, saying she was “not ready at the moment”. The issue has also sparked unrest within the faction-ridden Youth Congress. Calls emerged on Thursday in the organisation’s social media groups demanding clarity from the leadership.

Defending Mamkoottathil, Youth Congress leader V.P. Dulkiphil told reporters, “At the moment, there is only an allegation without any name mentioned. Anyone can level allegations. We all know how wild charges once targeted our topmost leader. After his passing, he was glorified, but his family had suffered greatly due to baseless attacks.”

Meanwhile, DYFI leader V.K. Sanoj said the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V.D. Satheesan, could no longer remain silent. “This woman is already facing cyberattacks. She was a former journalist, and everyone knows who she is pointing to,” Sanoj said. With the issue gaining political traction, the ball is now in the court of the state Congress unit.

-IANS

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Kerala Congress Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil Resigns Following Allegations Of Coercing Woman To Abort Pregnancy

The Commune — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:17:24 +0000

Kerala Youth Congress state president and Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil has been hit by fresh allegations after the release of an audio clip in which he is allegedly heard pressuring a young woman to undergo an abortion.

The audio, aired on Malayalam news channel Reporter TV and widely circulated on social media, features a conversation where Rahul reportedly questions how the child would be raised without a father and presses the woman to terminate the pregnancy. The woman is heard refusing and insisting she would take care of the child herself.

Political commentators and opponents have described the clip as proof of coercion. Critics said the conversation revealed attempts by Rahul to avoid responsibility and force the woman into terminating her pregnancy, despite health risks.

It is reported that this audio portion is part of a longer conversation as well as WhatsApp chats, which they claim further implicates the MLA. They alleged that while Rahul has previously faced accusations of misconduct, this revelation is the most serious to emerge so far.

News18 Malayalam reports that Mamkoottathil has resigned from his post, reportedly submitting his resignation to the Congress national leadership. Sources say the resignation was also conveyed to KPCC president Sunny Joseph over the phone.

The resignation comes after revelations on social media sparked calls for his removal. Party insiders indicate that KM Abhijith may be given temporary charge of the Youth Congress state unit in Rahul’s place.

It is reported that several women leaders of the party had filed complaints against Rahul with AICC general secretary Deepadas Munshi, who oversees the state, with six separate complaints received so far.

This comes after Expatriate writer Honey Bhaskaran accused Mamkoottathil of harassment and misusing private conversations with women to malign them publicly. In a detailed Facebook post, Honey alleged that Rahul initiated Instagram chats during her Sri Lanka trip in June, later distorting their nature to present her as pursuing him. She claimed Rahul has a history of similar behavior toward multiple women, including Youth Congress workers, and accused Congress MP Shafi Parambil of ignoring repeated complaints against him.

Honey urged women to speak out and demanded Rahul resign from politics. The controversy follows several other complaints, with over nine reportedly reaching the AICC. aPolitical reactions include BJP protests demanding his resignation and criticism from CPI(M). The Congress leadership has sought explanations, with the AICC requesting a report from KPCC, while KPCC chief Sunny Joseph emphasized no concrete complaints warrant immediate action, though deliberations continue regarding Rahul’s position ahead of elections.

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Writer Alleges Kerala Youth Congress Leader & Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil Harassed Women, Misused Private Chats

The Commune — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 06:54:39 +0000

Expatriate writer Honey Bhaskaran has publicly accused Kerala Youth Congress state president and Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil of harassment and misusing conversations with women to malign their character. In a detailed Facebook post, Honey alleged that Rahul attempted to initiate conversations with her on social media and later misrepresented them to others in a derogatory manner.

Honey claimed that Rahul has a history of similar behavior toward multiple women, including Youth Congress workers, and accused Congress MP Shafi Parambil of shielding him despite receiving several complaints.

She wrote (translated from Malayalam via Google Translate), “Rahul Mamkoottathil – An Experience.

I don’t know you personally. I don’t know any of your personal issues until the news comes out with your female subjects in the media these past days. Until then, there was no understanding of personal matters other than your non-exemplary actions in politics.

Whenever I go on a trip, people who are travel lovers always come looking for information about that trip and the country to travel. I use to say this too.

When there are no lifelong enemies in politics, I am not the kind of person who sees them as disagreements when someone from another politics comes to talk to me, I am not that kind of person who dares to insult and post against him. My political correctness is that I can deal with people who interfere decently even in the midst of political disagreements. Awareness.

This June 9th. The time when I was traveling to Sri Lanka. You first came to my insta messenger that day. Your beginning was by sending a heart to my photo, rushing for the details of the journey. Since I told you that you have plan to go to Sri Lanka, I explained it to you without any prejudices. Later you bet on the Nilambur election that the left candidate will lose.

Saw the sequence of your messages when I looked in the morning. I didn’t give you a reply and encouraged you because I smelled chicken pox from it that I didn’t intend to stop the chat. That chat ended there because I didn’t reply.

That was my first and last communication with you.

Although I realized that my understanding of the day was not wrong while women who have faced your exploitative attempts in various ways are openly expressing their experiences, I’m not mature enough to insult a decent conversation.

But it was yesterday that I knew the porn story behind you chatting me. That too through one of your buddies in Youth Congress. What a low class person he is.

That is also the reason for this post.

When you shamelessly told your friends in Youth Congress that I came over and chatted with you and this is normal. The thing that shocked me even more is the fact that you had that conversation sitting in the middle of those poultry fields. Those chickens haven’t known what you wrote or who came first for the conversation.

When another Congress worker in Kozhikattangal believed what you said, the leader who always walks with his hand on your shoulder told this to a friend of mine, the person replied with a heavy kintel back.

My friend, even though he works in the same congress movement as yours, he has not stooped to stand in queue to meet with a political garbage like you. He replied with my political consciousness.

Go out there and talk to women, Mindy, people need to know the psycho in you who misrepresent their conversations between perverts. That’s what this post is for.

I am a person who has written my disagreements with you politically in harsh language on my wall without mercy. Even the Nilambur election post has said about the fake in you. Hey spider mammoonje, you don’t have a little shame to say such bad things about me….

It is clear from this that the one who laughs with a smile while sitting in the crowd and mocking women.

I feel awe and pity for the women in your own party that you have interacted with recently. How many obscenities would you have sung in these sexually impoverished groups when you mentioned the women you directly interacted with? You can imagine how scared the women who shared their privacy with you must have been to keep quiet.

What a Youth Congress activist said today is that Shafi Parambil has a clear understanding of all the perverts in Youth Congress including you. He who goes to the legislative assembly and makes big speeches for women doesn’t listen to a single complaint filed by Youth Congress activists against the women trainees of Youth Congress. Even the complaint given by that woman has not been listened to. They are not writing just because they are Congress activists. How many times must have been told like this about this gang of scoundrels?

Those who are more disgusting than the one who committed a molester who once spoke, walked with, trusted, and shared their privacy or create stories like their mental disability. Women trapped in trauma will be so devastated by those colorized stories that can never come out of. The danger of such male groups to women is not small. They have no apologies. Does not deserve a decent reply.

They are too dishonest species that they can’t even be approached in an area where women go to stay in politics. Such people coming into political sequences will make the word politics anti-human.

So Rahul Mangoottam, the spider Mammoonje…

It’s not comrades who have personally convinced me that you are a complete political waste. Youth Congress activists who put their hands on your shoulders, sleep, dance, participate in fund theft and spend most of their day with you. How much you have understood your dishonesty, this must have reached me as a leftist through them?

I am adding to the comments because it is the biggest necessity for the women who are walking with you to know the liar in you even though the conversations you had with men are so fast and do not want to let them out.

If you have any sincerity left with your political movement other than drowning funds and female affairs, all you need to do is quit your political career. That is dignity…!”

What Are Her Allegations?

Honey stated that Rahul first messaged her on Instagram during his Sri Lanka trip in June.

She alleged that he later distorted the nature of the chat, projecting her as someone “following him,” and shared these misrepresentations with friends.

Honey said she was later informed by Youth Congress insiders about how Rahul spoke about her and other women.

According to her, many female colleagues within the Congress have faced similar experiences.

“Rahul tells every woman he approaches that he is not in a relationship with anyone else and that his love is only for her. Victims mistake this for genuine affection,” Honey wrote. She urged more women to speak out so that “no one else falls into this trap.”

Accusations Against Party Leadership

Honey further alleged that senior Congress leader Shafi Parambil has ignored multiple complaints against Rahul, despite being aware of his alleged misconduct. She accused the party of enabling “perverts within its ranks” while projecting itself as a champion of women’s rights.

She said, “What should disgust us more than the perpetrator are those who gossip about women’s private conversations and mental health struggles, traumatizing them further.”

Honey concluded by demanding that Rahul step down from politics, stating, “If Rahul has any sincerity left, he should end his political career. That would be the real honor.”

Growing List of Complaints

Honey’s post comes amid mounting allegations against Rahul from multiple quarters:

Actress and journalist Rini Ann George revealed that a prominent Youth Congress leader (implied to be Rahul) had behaved inappropriately with her, including inviting her to a five-star hotel. She claimed she reported the incident to senior leaders, but no action was taken.

Several women Youth Congress leaders have also reportedly complained internally about harassment, with more than nine complaints said to have reached the AICC.

Political Reactions

The BJP staged a protest in Palakkad, demanding Rahul’s resignation, while accusing the Congress of protecting him. The CPI(M) too has seized on the controversy, criticizing the Congress for inaction.

According to reports, the KPCC and AICC have sought explanations from Rahul. Discussions are ongoing within the party about whether he should step down as Youth Congress state president. As per a The New Indian Express report, the Congress leadership is considering removing Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil from the post of Youth Congress state president. Sources said the AICC has sought a report from the KPCC, with senior leaders fearing Rahul’s continuation could harm the party’s image ahead of elections. Though discussions on replacing him had been held earlier, no action was taken. KPCC chief Sunny Joseph, however, maintained there are no concrete complaints to warrant immediate action and said decisions would follow thorough discussions.

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