It gets uglier: Congress leader says LDF women MLAs 'enjoyed' being stopped by men

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The News Minute| March 20, 2015| 6. 30 pm IST The controversy surrounding the ruckus in the Kerala assembly has taken an ugly turn with a senior Congress leader commenting that a woman legislator â€œenjoyedâ€ the moments when she was blocked from protesting by a minister. He also cast aspersions on JD (S) MLA Jameela Prakash who had bitten a Congress legislator Sivadasan Nair. Kozhikode district Congress committee (DCC) president KC Abu on Friday told media on Friday that two women MLAs Jameela Prakash and Bijimol had enjoyed the incidents in the assembly. He alleged that Bijimol was enjoying the time with minister Shibu Baby John. During the ruckus in the assembly Bijimol along with other LDF legislators had rushed to the Chief Ministerâ€™s to protest the presentation of budget by Finance Minister KM Mani. Visuals had then emerged of Baby John trying to block Bijimol. â€œI can read the expressions on a womanâ€™s face. I could not see any objection on Bijimolâ€™s side when John blocked her. She enjoyed the moments. She is unlikely to have any complaint against John. That is what I could understand,â€ said Abu. The DCC president also said that Jameela Prakash could have bitten E.T Muhammed Basheer (IUML) rather than biting Sivadasan Nair, who is weak and elderly. â€œBasheer is sweet as sugar cane,â€ he added. Shibu Baby John reacted saying that Abuâ€™s comments and called them abusive. â€œA thief can only think like a thief; a brute will have brutal thoughts,â€ he told media in Kollam. All India Youth Federationâ€™s march towards Kozhikode DCC office protesting Abuâ€™s comments turned violent, and police resorted to lathi charge. Five LDF women legislators are expected to file complaints alleging physical harassment on Monday as the assembly resumes. Tweet Follow @thenewsminute

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