Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) The Kerala government has decided to probe the circumstances leading to the resignation of a second minister from the government.
Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran on Sunday resigned after an audio emerged in which he was heard having a lewd conversation with a woman on phone.
On Monday morning, Saseendran met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and reiterated that he did nothing wrong.
"I have told the Chief Minister that there are loose ends in the case made out against me and welcomed a probe into it. The Chief Minister will decide on the nature of the probe," Saseendran told the media.
The next to meet Vijayan were Police chief Loknath Behra and Home Secretary Nalini Netto.
Meanwhile, the state unit of the minister's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is meeting here on Tuesday to discuss the turn of events according to party President Uzhavoor Vijayan.
"We will decide on what needs to be done as we have one more legislator, Thomas Chandy. We are an ally of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and hence we have a natural claim of getting a cabinet post," he said.
Saseendran is the second minister to resign since the LDF.
In 2016, CPI-M strongman and Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan quit on charges of nepotism.
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