We have requested the ministry to recruit more women for the force so that all stations in the big cities can have at least one lady officer.

Social service has always been my priority, and I want to help the poor.

There shouldn't be two Indias; we need affordable housing. There are projections that by 2017, 18.78 million will be the number of those living in slums.

There have been reports of many child marriages taking place in the Malabar region in Kerala, especially among the Muslim community. However, under Muslim Personal Law, a girl can be married once she attains puberty, and hence we cannot say that such marriages are not valid.

This is highly objectionable. The state government should have acted against these strip bars much earlier.

The problem is serious as trafficking of girls is also associated with this problem.