Kurien once again was in the thick of controversy after Dharmarajan, the prime accused in the Suryanelli case, who went absconding after the court had sentenced him to life term imprisonment, revealed in a TV interview that the Congress leader was involved in the sex scandal. A special court in 2000, however, found 35 of the 37 accused as guilty. But with the screams of the Suryanelli girl playing spoilsport, the UDF had to face a humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections that followed.The number of seats won by the UDF in that election went down to 59 from 90 seats won in the previous election.Though the victim recognised Kurien from his photograph in a newspaper, the crime against him could not be proved. The Suryanelli sex scandal rocked Kerala politics after senior Congress leader PJ Kurien was alleged to have sexually assaulted the girl.After the arrack ban in Kerala, the UDF government led by AK Antony was expecting a second term.
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