Thiruvananthapuram: A controversy has erupted in Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections after Transport Minister K. B. Ganesh Kumar faced allegations of infidelity from his wife, Bindu Menon.
Speaking to the media on Monday, Menon claimed she caught the minister with another woman at his residence in Valakam in Kollam district last Saturday. She alleged that when she confronted him and attempted to document the incident, the minister’s aides intervened and prevented her from doing so.
According to Menon, their marriage has been strained for years since their wedding in 2014. She said she had been away from the house for the past two months and that the minister had blocked her phone number. Seeking what she described as “closure,” she went to his residence, where she claims she witnessed an incident in the bedroom that she said “should not have happened.”
Menon also alleged that she contacted the police on the advice of her relative, former Director General of Police R. Sreelekha, who is currently a BJP councillor in Thiruvananthapuram. She claimed that when police arrived at the residence, the minister’s aides allegedly prevented officers from entering the house and escorted the woman away.
Ganesh Kumar denied the accusations and dismissed them as politically motivated. Responding to reporters, he described the allegations as part of the Opposition Congress’s “election stunt.” He also said that his personal life should not be interfered with and maintained that he has served as a public representative without corruption or communal bias.
Ganesh Kumar had previously resigned as a minister in 2013 from the Congress-led government following domestic violence allegations made by his former wife, Yamini Thankachi.