Kochi, Sept. 9 -- Congress Kerala unit chief Sunny Joseph on Monday refuted reports of VT Balram stepping down as the head of the party's digital media cell in the wake of the controversial 'X' post about Bihar and beedis.

The post, deleted after it drew criticism from all quarters, had read, "Beedis and Bihar start from B. Cannot be considered a sin anymore."

The Congress state chief said Balram, a former two-time MLA and currently vice-president of the state unit, was being wrongly dragged into a controversy by certain CPI(M) leaders and a section of the media.

"It is being wrongly portrayed that Balram somehow was responsible for the 'X' post. He has not voluntarily resigned as the head of the digital media cell nor has he been aske...