CPI(M) rejects Opposition demand for Mukesh’s resignation from MLA post

Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary M.V. Govindan rejected the Opposition’s demand that M. Mukesh, MLA, relinquish his elected position because the actor faced a police investigation for alleged sexual misdemeanours, including abuse and exploitation of co-stars.

Mr. Govindan said that Mr. Mukesh held no executive position in the government. The CPI(M) legislator was an accused, and a court of law had yet to find him guilty.

Director Ranjith, who is facing similar charges, had resigned as chairperson of the Kerala Chalachitra Academy, given the executive nature of the post. If the court absolved Mr. Ranjith of wrongdoing, the government could reinstate him in the post. However, if a legislator resigned on moral grounds, the election law did not envisage the person’s reinstatement to the elected position.