THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: KPCC president M.M. Hassan has landed in the soup following the alleged derogatory remarks made against former Congress MLA Sobhana George during a channel interview the other day. Ms Sobhana George on Monday filed a complaint with the Kerala Women's Commission, which referred it to its law officer. However, Mr Hassan said his comments were twisted out of context by the social media.
Mr Hassan had told the TV channel that Chengannur Congress candidate D. Vijayakumar should have been fielded from there several decades ago. He was initially projected as the Congress candidate in 1991. But at the last minute, Sobhana George got the seat, Mr Hassan said. However, the social media twisted his words that there are certain things which he cannot reveal before the camera. This offended Ms Sobhana George who approached the KWC with the complaint.
Earlier, KWC member Shahida Kamal said that a case had been charged against Mr Hassan for making derogatory remarks against Ms Sobhana. But within two hours, KWC issued another statement saying that commission chairperson M. C. Josephine had referred the case to the law officer for his opinion. Mr Hassan maintained that he had not made any offensive comments against Ms Sobhana George who had recently joined the Left camp.
“The KWC did not seek my response and I have not seen the interview which was telecast. The case is politically motivated in view of the Chengannur by-election,” he said. Mahila Congress state president Lathika Subhash rallied behind him and said the controversy was unwarranted and that Mr Hassan had not made any derogatory comments against the woman leader. Ms Sobhana George said she was made the candidate in Chengannur in 1991 while she was the first woman general secretary of the state Youth Congress. She was not aware about the provocation for Mr Hassan's comment, she said. “I have looked upon Hassan as a brother. But I will take up the issue before Congress president Rahul Gandhi," she said.
