The office of Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has lodged a complaint with the State Police Chief against a Facebook page for posting allegedly defamatory content about the Minister.
Mr. Balagopal said in a Facebook post that that the admins of the page had posted misleading content related to his hospitalisation in May, 2025 and the medical bill at the Government Medical College Hospitalisation, Thiruvananthapuram.
According to the page, the Minister had claimed a huge sum for just a day’s hospitalisation. Mr. Balagopal said he was eligible for seeking medical care in a private hospital, where the bill would have been much higher. Yet, he was being persecuted for depending on the affordable public healthcare system, he said. Mr. Balagopal was hospitalised from May 12 to May 17.
Published – July 18, 2025 08:43 pm IST
