THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: National Congress Party (NCP) leader A K Saseendran, who resigned as the Transport Minister in the CPM-led LDG government in Kerala after a sleazy phone conversation was released on Sunday, met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Cliff House, the CMs official residence on Monday morning.
Saseendran quit from the Cabinet after an audio clip of a sexually explicit conversation allegedly between him and a woman was aired on a television channel.
Speaking to the media outside Cliff House here, Saseendran said that he had requested the Chief Minister to order a probe into the incident. "I have informed the Chief Minister that there is something unusual about the news and requested him to order a probe into the whole incident," Saseendran said.
"I do not want to comment on what type of investigation should be conducted. The State government will decide the nature of the probe that will take place," the NCP leader said.
Saseendran is one of the two legislators of LDF ally NCP in the State and represents the Elathur constituency of Kozhikode district. He is the second minister, after E P Jayarajan, to step down from the 10-month-old LDF government.
Jayarajan, who held the industries portfolio, resigned from the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet in October last year over charges of nepotism and corruption. It was also alleged that he appointed his relatives to important positions in public sector companies that came under his ministry.
Jayarajan’s resignation after charges of corruption came as a shock to the then four-month old Pinarayi-led government that had promised to curb corruption in the State.
Meanwhile, NCP state leadership said that there was clear conspiracy behind the incident. Party state president Uzhavoor Vijayan told ‘Express’ that the conspiracy angle would come out once the probe was conducted.