A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar is a politician from Kerala state of India and has been minister of various departments throughout his career. Nadar was a member of Lok Sabha in 1980 7th Lok Sabha, Kerala state's Sports and Youth Minister from 1987 to 1991. Later he also was minister of Forest and Transportation from 1999 to 2000. He was the state President of Janata Dal Secular Kerala. Nadar has been accused and convicted of sexual assault against women. In 1999 he assaulted forest officer Prakriti Srivastava and in 2000 assaulted IAS and Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala Nalini Netto. He was pronounced guilty by the magisterial court of Kozhikode in 2004 but was later acquitted in 2008 by another fast track court. Nadar was accused of sexually harassing a senior IAS officer Nalini Netto. A fast track court acquitted former transport minister and Janata Dal Secular state president Neelalohithadasan Nadar in a case of alleged sexual harassment of a senior IAS officer when Nadar was a member of the LDF cabinet in 1999. Fast Track Sessions Judge M R Anitha discharged Nadar on the grounds that the prosecution had not been able to prove the charges against the accused. The case against Nadar was that he had attempted to outrage the modesty of Nalini Netto, who was transport secretary then, after she was called to his room in the assembly complex to discuss official matters. Netto's revelation of the alleged humiliation she underwent had kicked off a political storm, ultimately paving the way for Nadar's exit from the E K Nayanar ministry, in which he was the lone Janata Dal(S) member. Nadar later quit JD (S) and joined the BSP last year, heading the state unit of the party. Now Nadar is the state president of Janata Dal secular Kerala.
