Former Kerala police chief resigns from Thiruvananthapuram council

Retired Director General of Police R. Sreelekha has resigned as a councillor in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, officials said on October 3, 2026. Mayor V.V.

Rajesh said he had received Sreelekha’s resignation letter, in which she cited personal inconveniences. Party sources said she submitted the resignation on September 30 and would provide a copy to the District Collector on October 5. Sreelekha won the Sasthamangalam ward on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.

Reports had suggested that she was dissatisfied after not being selected as mayor, despite being projected by the party as its candidate for the post during the previous year’s local body elections. The BJP came to power in the corporation for the first time with 51 councillors, including the support of an Independent, in the 101-member civic body. Sreelekha’s resignation reduces the ruling front’s strength to 50.

Rajesh rejected the suggestion that the resignation reflected a controversy and said the party’s position in the corporation would not be affected. He told reporters that personal difficulties could arise while serving as public representatives and that matters capable of resolution would be addressed. Sreelekha also contested the April Assembly election from Vattiyurkavu but lost to Congress leader K.

Muraleedharan. She was identified in the source material as Kerala’s first woman IPS officer and the first woman to attain the rank of DGP in the State.