THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Saji Cheriyan started his political career as a leader of student movement in Alappuzha and then slowly rose to the position of a minister. Cheriyan who became one of the prominent leaders of CPM has landed on controversies several times during the last four years, which affected his own image and party's image as well.

The first such incident was during the floods in 2018 when he lamented on social media for immediate help to save the lives of thousands of people. The next controversy is a Facebook post in July, 2020 before the last assembly elections.

Saji Cheriyan's statements also became controversial after he became a minister. His statements about the woman who fought a legal battle for her own child in the adoption row also raised much criticism. Much recently he declared that there will no buffer zone on two sides of SilverLine project. But he was later corrected by party secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan.

Apart from all this the minister has made a controversial speech on Tuesday insulting the Constitution which has sparked controversy from all sides.