THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government issued an order giving permission to Sports Minister V Abdurahman to fly to USA for treatment. He was given permission for the treatment from December 26 to January 15.
The minister will be treated at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Centre in New York. The government will bear the full expenses of the treatment.
Abdurahman reached the assembly defeating P K Firoz, youth league general secretary, in Thanoor. Abdurahman, who was KPCC member severed ties with the congress and contested as Left Independent for the first time from Ponnani in 2014.