Padmakumar’s arrest renders the government vulnerable to criticism from the Congress and the BJP.

The Congress and the BJP have sought to push the arrest of Padmakumar and, earlier, former Devaswom Commissioner N. Vasu, both CPI(M)’s political appointees, to the top of their election rhetoric in the spirited campaigning for the local body polls in December

​The Congress and the BJP have sought to push the arrest of Padmakumar and, earlier, former Devaswom Commissioner N. Vasu, both CPI(M)’s political appointees, to the top of their election rhetoric in the spirited campaigning for the local body polls in December