PATHANAMTHITTA: Devaswom Board President A Padmakumar has said his relationship with Chief Minister Pinarayi is not just the one between a Devaswom Board president and chief minister. “Pinaryi Vijayan is also a leader of my party. He has the authority to correct me and chide me,” he clarified.

Padmakumar said that attempts of certain persons were to ripen him like a leaf and make it fall. “Such persons who find joy in my falling are the ones who spread the news that I was going to resign. But I will not have to face allegations faced by presidents of earlier times,” he said