Party, govt with the complainant, says minister

: The ruling CPI(M) and the LDF government are with the woman leader who had raised the allegations of sexual harrassment against party MLA P K Sasi, Law minister A K Balan said Saturday.

A leader of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, the youth wing of CPI(M), had raised the sexual charges following which the party had constituted a two member commission, comprising Balan and party MP, P K Sreemathy, both members of the CPI(M) Central committee.

"The complainant has given us her grievance and her prayer is for an organisational probe. The party and Commission will go forward in her complaint.

But if she was disatisfied with the proceedings, whatever steps she takes (to redress her grievance), the party and government will be with her," Balan told reporters at Palakkad.

On opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala's charge that it was improper for a minister, who is part of the government, to probe the charge, Balan merely said there was no question of any impropriety.

Meanwhile, Sasi has cancelled his public engagements of saturday citing ill health.

The Chairperson of the National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma, said in Delhi Friday that the NCW would send an inquiry team to Kerala to probe the case, if the state police chief does not apprise it about the action taken in the matter within 15 days.