KOCHI: Alleging that the Opposition events have facilitated the hampering of improvement initiatives in Kerala by central investigation companies, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned there aren’t any authorized hurdles for a judicial probe in opposition to the companies.
“There was a grievance that sure officers of the central company pressurised the accused greater than as soon as to provide a mistaken assertion. The judicial investigation is just not in opposition to central companies. There have been some strikes in opposition to the federal construction and Constitutional provisions. Because it posed some severe authorized points, the federal government determined to conduct a judicial probe. The federal government had sought authorized opinion earlier than ordering the probe,” he informed mediapersons in Kochi on Saturday.
Pinarayi mentioned the KIIFB has given an impetus to Kerala’s improvement and the Opposition was supporting the Centre’s transfer to hamper progress. A staff of officers went to the KIIFB and questioned the officers until midnight, he mentioned, including that the central companies are intruding into the jurisdiction of the state.
Repeating his cost of a Congress-UDF- BJP settlement to defeat the LDF, Pinarayi mentioned the Opposition has resolved to oppose initiatives like KIIFB which are useful to the state and the general public. He demanded an apology from the Opposition chief for his letter to the Election Fee demanding a halt to the distribution of meals kits, welfare pension and meals grains until the elections are over.
“He’s humiliating the folks by alleging that the voters could be influenced by distributing meals kits. The folks might be casting their votes contemplating the functioning of the federal government in the course of the previous 5 years,” mentioned Pinarayi.
Rejecting the Opposition chief’s demand for a judicial probe into the deep sea fishing deal between the federal government and American agency EMCC, he mentioned the extra chief secretary of the water sources division is conducting an inquiry into the incident. “Any additional motion could be taken after receiving the inquiry report,” he mentioned.
Responding to the allegations of a number of entries within the voters’ listing, Pinarayi mentioned it’s the UDF that resorts to such actions. The Election Fee ought to conduct a probe into the allegation. He mentioned UDF MLAs, candidates and family members together with the Opposition chief’s mom have gotten a number of votes in several constituencies.
