India, Sept. 16 -- Suspended Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who is accused of sexual misconduct towards women, said on Monday that he remains loyal to his party despite his removal from its primary membership and that he expected no special consideration in the ongoing Crime Branch probe against him.

Mamkootathil, the MLA from Palakkad, was speaking to reporters after attending the first day of the 14th session of the Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram. The legislator was given a seat in one of the last benches of the Assembly after the Congress-led UDF informed the Speaker in writing that he was no longer part of its parliamentary grouping.

It was the 35-year-old's first public appearance in weeks as he remained at his home in Adoor in P...