Former Kerala Speaker considers legal action against Swapna Suresh

Thiruvananthapuram: Irked by the most recent admission made by the primary suspect in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, former Speaker and top CPI-M leader P. Sreeramakrishnan said on Tuesday that he would speak to party officials and take legal action in addition to handling this politically.

In her recent admission, Swapna claimed that current legislator and former state minister Kadkampally Surendran and Sreeramakrishnan used to send her lewd messages and invite her to visit them, while former state finance minister Thomas Isaac made subtle suggestions to her, according to IANS.

"I have not sent messages to anyone and is it possible to invite her to my official residence where my entire family and aged mother lives and not to mention several staff members. In the past also a lot of baseless allegations were aired against me and all know what happened to them. So I will deal with the present onslaught legally, after speaking to my party and also politically," said Sreeramakrishnan.

In 2020, while being in office Sreeramakrishnan was questioned by the central agencies.

Sreeramakrishnan, who turns 55 next month, was a two-time legislator representing Ponnani but did not get a nomination in the 2021 Assembly polls. After the Chief Minister retained office, Sreeramakrishnan was made the chairman of the state-run Roots-Norka, a body that looks after the welfare of the Kerala diaspora.