Congress leader Kodikunnil Suresh has strongly criticized the appointment of A Sampath as the private secretary to Minister K Radhakrishnan. In his Facebook post, Kodikunnil wrote that this move was tantamount to mocking all the achievements and abilities of Radhakrishnan, who emerged from the Scheduled Castes through hard work.

'Was Sampath, who is close to Pinarayi, appointed as Radhakrishnan's remote control? If so, the Minister should be willing to question it. It is unjust that Sampath was elevated as the "super minister" over Radhakrishnan's office instead of appointing him along with other ministers. This appointment was a new form of insult to Dalits,' Kodikunnil wrote.