Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 8 -- Kerala Minister Veena George on Sunday said that Congress has to respond to the "serious" allegations levelled against party MP Anto Antony, accusing him of not returning Rs 2 crore that he had borrowed from a finance company for the 2019 election.

"It is a serious allegation. They have accepted it. My question is, what was the total expenditure for that election? He filed it, but was this included? So, that is a serious issue. That they have to answer," Veena George said.

This comes in the wake of allegations by NM Raju, proprietor of Nedumparambil Finance, who claims that Pathanamthitta MP Anto Antony failed to repay Rs 2 crore he borrowed from the firm seven years ago. NCS is a finance company based in T...