Kerala secretariat staffer suspended over WhatsApp post about Pinarayi Vijayan

A Manikuttan, a staffer of the public administration department and a member of the pro-Congress association of secretariat employees, had posted photos of Vijayan, who was clad in trousers and had his shirt tucked in, along with senior CPI(M) leader M V Jayarajan with the caption "goons in different attire".

By: Express News Service
Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: February 6, 2022 02:27 AM IST

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Pinarayi Vijayan at Dubai Expo. (Twitter/@vijayanpinarayi)

An office attendant working at the Kerala government secretariat here has been suspended on charges of making defamatory comments about Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on WhatsApp.

A Manikuttan, a staffer of the public administration department and a member of the pro-Congress association of secretariat employees, had posted photos of Vijayan, who was clad in trousers and had his shirt tucked in, along with senior CPI(M) leader M V Jayarajan with the caption “goons in different attire”. The post was shared in a WhatsApp group of office attendants at the secretariat.