Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 26 -- Congress leader K Muraleedharan alleged that the alleged attack on Kerala Health Minister Veena George by Kerala Students Union (KSU) workers was a "cooked-up story," intensifying the political row surrounding the incident at Kannur Railway Station.

"Yesterday's issue was a cooked-up story. Everybody had seen on the CCTV that only 5% demonstrated with the black flag, and the minister was very angry and she went to attack the KSU workers. The police then prevented her from doing so... Our request is for an expert medical team from the All India Medical Institute to come here and check the minister's issue... Then we would accept the report... They want to divert attention from the present issues... The story...