THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Viji, the wife of Sanal Kumar who succumbed to his injuries after late DySP Harikumar pushed him in front of a moving car, has alleged that Minister M M Mani had rebuked her when she asked for government job as promised by the government.

Mani chided the woman when she called him up from the strike pandal. “If you strike according to your whims and fancies, there is no rule to give you government job,” Viji said.

Though the strike being held in front of the Secretariat entered the tenth day, no favourable action was seen from the government.
It was after this that Viji decided to call up Mani directly and tell him her grievance.

The minister also allegedly asked her on whose instruction she was striking in front of the Secretariat. The government had offered Viji government job and compensation. Sanal’s wife Viji, his two children and mother are striking in front of the Secretariat. Sanal was the sole breadwinner of the family.