THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Speaker-elect AN Shamseer has said that politics will be said where it has to be said. Shamseer said he will keep the faith reposed in him by the party and will make every effort to run the House in a good manner as the Speaker. He was speaking to the media in Kannur.

"I have been entrusted with a huge responsibility. The party has assigned several tasks at each stage. It was all done in the best possible way. When you are part of the ruling party within the Assembly, you will have to act like that. The new task now assigned will also be performed. Constitutional matters will be carried out within the House. At the same time, politics will be said where it has to be said. It is the party that decides whether to become a minister or speaker", Shamseer said.

MV Govindan had resigned from the ministerial post after being elected as the state secretary of CPM. Speaker MB Rajesh will join the cabinet instead. In this situation, Thalassery MLA A N Shamsir will take over as Speaker in the place of MB Rajesh. As Kannur is losing a minister, another representative from Kannur has reached the post of Speaker.