<p>A Kerala minister who resigned in July following certain remarks against the Constitution may re-enter the state Cabinet soon as the police have given him a clean chit.</p>.<p>CPM leader Saji Cheriyan, former culture and fisheries minister, had to resign after a case was registered against him over the remarks on the Constitution.</p>.<p>The state police submitted a report in a local court at Thiruvalla in the Pathanamthitta district on Thursday, acquitting him of the charges citing that Cheriyan did not dishonour the Constitution. The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/ruling-ldf-opposition-udf-in-war-of-words-in-kerala-assembly-over-drug-menace-1170139.html" target="_blank">Kerala</a> High Court also dismissed pleas to disqualify Cheriyan from holding the MLA post.</p>.<p>CPM state secretary M V Govindan told reporters after the party state secretariat meeting on Friday that the party would discuss and decide on re-inducting him.</p>.<p>Party sources said the CPM might wait for a court decision on the police report before re-inducting him.</p>.<p>There were speculations that the party would re-induct him if he were acquitted, as no person replaced him. The portfolios he was holding were only shared among other ministers.</p>
<p>A Kerala minister who resigned in July following certain remarks against the Constitution may re-enter the state Cabinet soon as the police have given him a clean chit.</p>.<p>CPM leader Saji Cheriyan, former culture and fisheries minister, had to resign after a case was registered against him over the remarks on the Constitution.</p>.<p>The state police submitted a report in a local court at Thiruvalla in the Pathanamthitta district on Thursday, acquitting him of the charges citing that Cheriyan did not dishonour the Constitution. The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/ruling-ldf-opposition-udf-in-war-of-words-in-kerala-assembly-over-drug-menace-1170139.html" target="_blank">Kerala</a> High Court also dismissed pleas to disqualify Cheriyan from holding the MLA post.</p>.<p>CPM state secretary M V Govindan told reporters after the party state secretariat meeting on Friday that the party would discuss and decide on re-inducting him.</p>.<p>Party sources said the CPM might wait for a court decision on the police report before re-inducting him.</p>.<p>There were speculations that the party would re-induct him if he were acquitted, as no person replaced him. The portfolios he was holding were only shared among other ministers.</p>
