THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The NCP has reiterated it will stake a claim for a berth in the Cabinet if the P S Antony Commission report is favourable to ex-minister A K Saseendran.NCP state president T P Peethambaran told reporters Saseendran will return to the Cabinet in case of a favourable report. The CPI is unlikely to oppose Saseendran’s return.
The CPI ministers’ boycott of the Cabinet on the Thomas Chandy issue was wrong. Everyone has realised this now, he said.Peethamabran will meet the national leadership in Delhi on Monday to discuss the future course of action. Former district judge Antony is the one-man judicial commission probing the alleged lewd phone call conversation of Saseendran with a woman media person during his tenure as Transport minister.