Kerala may soon lose its lone representative in the union council of Ministers as the demand to sack V Muraleedharan, Minister of state for external affairs, has reached a crescendo from dissenters in the BJP.
This is a follow up to the favouritism shown by Muraleedharan, who has been elected to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, towards Smitha Menon, a Public Relations Executive from Kochi. Menon attended the Indian Ocean Rim Association of Council of Ministers held at Abu Dhabi in November 2019 and shared the dais, which according to a social activist in Kerala was a violation of diplomatic protocol.
Salim Madavoor, a RTI and civil rights activist had received a reply from Indian embassy in UAE stating that Menon was not a member of the official delegate which proves that she was not entitled or eligible to sit in the dais.