THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Backing the Anthoor municipality chairperson P.K. Syamala again, CM Pinarayi Vijayan said that the demands for her resignation are just a political slogan. CM’s statement came in midst of the issues in Kannur politics in the name of expat industrialist’s suicide. This is seen as CM’s dissent to people including P. Jayarajan who came against P.K. Syamala.

LSGD minister K.T. Jaleel said that James Mathew MLA has given a petition to him regarding this issue. But the minister said that he is unaware of revelations about M.V. Govindan’s call to the private secretary.

Opposition leaders had resigned protesting the expat’s suicide.