Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 Kerala Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar's wife said on Tuesday that she would not proceed with the complaint against her husband as he had admitted his mistake and apologized.
Speaking to a news channel, Bindhu Menon said that since she had not answered his calls, the minister called her sister and "spoke emotionally".
"He very emotionally said that a mistake had happened on his part. There have been many mistakes in our long-term marriage, but I never said that I was leaving him or that I would go to the media or take legal action," she said.
"My intention was not to damage the image of the government or my husband. That is what I said yesterday as well. He called this morning and apologized and said that we could resolve the issue. That is what I was waiting for. Definitely not proceeding with the complaint now. We are going to resolve it together," Menon told the channel.
She further said that during her 13-year-long marriage with the minister, there had been many issues, but it was not an incident over which she intended to end the relationship.
Menon said that her allegations were made in an "emotional outburst" after the minister denied her claims of infidelity and termed her call to 112 -- the Emergency Response Support System -- as "madness".
"We all make mistakes in life, because he was a minister, everyone knew what he did. But there is no need for the minister to apologize to the public. If I am the one living with him, he only needs to apologize to me.
"I do not intend to proceed by taking revenge, because it is very easy for me to say that I don't want anything, and I am going to proceed with a case. I could have done that earlier, but I did not do that because I love him so much," she said.
Menon requested that no one discuss the issue on social media.
Meanwhile, the Congress stuck to its demand for Kumar's resignation.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph said that it was not a simple family matter that could be settled and demanded Kumar's resignation.
"If the minister does not resign, then the chief minister should show the energy to remove him," the KPCC chief said while speaking to reporters in Delhi.
He said that the government, CM and the LDF need to indicate their stand on the issue.
Joseph further said that when similar allegations were made against Kumar when he was in the UDF government, he was forced to resign.
"So, it is not just double standards on the part of the government, it is a betrayal of the people," he contended.
Menon had on Monday leveled allegations of infidelity against him after he denied the rumors circulating on social media regarding the matter.
She had said there had been marital issues with Ganesh Kumar since their marriage in 2014.
The Kerala Congress (B) leader married Menon in 2014 after legally separating from Yamini Thankachy.
Menon said she had been living separately for the past several months because of Kumar's relationship with several women.
Kumar had dismissed the allegations circulating against him as "politically motivated" since the election was nearing.