The Minister said he had conveyed his feelings to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and KPCC President V M Sudheeran and had sought action agains Abu.
"The remarks cannot be accepted. It has harmed my reputation since my name has been dragged unwarrantly...I will be sending a lawyer's notice to him," he told reporters at Kollam.
Following a strict directive from the KPCC President, Abu had later retracted and apologised.
Chandy told reporters at Thrissur today that the minister had complained to him over phone. "I was travelling... Shibu told me over phone about his unhappiness regarding the unsavory remarks of Abu."
"The remarks are unbecoming of a Congress worker. It is very unfortunate that such a statement was made," he said.
M A Wahid, another Congress MLA who also had made similar remarks at a public speech, has apologised to Bijimol, saying that his remarks were not intentional.
Meanwhile, Bijimol also filed a complaint to the DGP and submitted a copy of the complaint to the City Police Commissioner, stating that the defamatory public statements had 'tarnished' her image.
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