Overview
- After AAP candidate T. S. Rashmi objected, BJP workers removed the IPS tag or added “Retired” on posters in Thiruvananthapuram’s Sasthamangalam ward.
- Several posters showed the tag blackened or updated to “IPS (Retired),” and the title was taken off the name board outside Sreelekha’s office.
- District officials said they received a complaint about the honorific but had not issued any directive.
- Sreelekha said the change was her campaign’s decision and reported no notice from authorities, adding the omission would not affect her outreach.
- Her past 2022 remarks about the Dileep assault case and her admitted jail meeting with the actor are drawing fresh attention ahead of a December 8 court judgment.