Again on 12th December Mr.Vellappally Nadesan conveyed to me to keep away from the function and I have no option other than to abide by his request. When PMO contacted me over phone, I had

conveyed this personally.  And on 12th by 1 PM my office issued a press release showing that I will not be attending the Kollam programme as requested by organisers.  In the evening by 5PM,

in reply to repeated queries from PMO, our State Protocol informed PMO that I will not be attending the Kollam programme.  It had never said that my absence is due to my inconvenience as

said by Mr.Rajiv Pratap Rudy in Parliament.