Thiruvananthapuram: CPI-M legislator Mukesh, a popular Malayalam actor, was on Tuesday accused of harassment by a woman. He has denied the allegation.
The woman revealed her experience on Twitter, claiming she was 20 years old and was working in a 'Koteeshwaran', a popular quiz programme, when host Mukesh Kumar telephoned her room multiple times and then had her room changed beside his own.
She said her then boss, Derek O'Brien, spoke to her for an hour and got her out on the next flight. "19 years on, thank you Derek," read the tweet.
Took 19 yrs but here is my story #MeTooIndia #TimesUp #Metoo https://t.co/8R5PXAlll6
— Tess Joseph (@Tesselmania) October 9, 2018
When a Twitter user asked her if the person was actor-politician Mukesh, she confirmed it was him.
Mukesh, who won the 2016 Assembly elections for the first time on CPI-M ticket, has said he does not remember such a woman and denied the allegation.
I was the only woman in a crew of men. One night when the calls where never ending I stayed in my colleague room. And @LeMeridien chennai you are the worst for being enablers when I asked you why my room floor was different so nonchalantly I was told Mr Kumar asked for it.
— Tess Joseph (@Tesselmania) October 9, 2018
"Maybe this could be a conspiracy against me to see if I resign as MLA," said Mukesh.
Kollam district Congress President M. Bindukrishna has demanded Mukesh's resignation from the Assembly.
CPI-M State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the matter must be examined according to the law while P.K. Sreemathy, the Kannur CPI-M Lok Sabha member, said she will react once she finds out more details.
