Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 29 -- Lok Bhavan rejected Kerala Speaker AN Shamseer's claim that Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar had sent a "confidential" letter regarding his policy speech to the media before addressing it to him.

According to a statement from the Lok Bhavan on Wednesday, the Lok Bhavan categorically rejected and strongly refuted the statements of the Speaker on the "highly confidential" letter addressed to him by the Governor.

"The original letter was served to the Speaker and it has not so far come to the notice of Lok Bhavan that any media has published the said letter. Lok Bhavan is also not appreciating the manner in which the Speaker has responded to the letter addressed to him by the Constitutional head of the sta...