Kerala CM accuses Centre of vindictive attitude over Wayanad relief
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday criticized the Central government for allegedly denying financial relief for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide survivors.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday criticized the Central government for allegedly denying financial relief for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide survivors.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to intervene and withdraw the finance ministry's norm making it mandatory for the state to repay the Viability Gap Fund (VGF) for the Vizhinjam seaport project in installments.
The Kerala government has decided to take strict action against government employees who have illegally availed of social welfare pensions. The decision was made during a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday.
Governor Khan pointed out that the Chief Minister, in his letter, stated he did not claim that anti-national forces are operating in the state.
The probe was ordered over his previous statement that party workers assaulting Youth Congress activists during the Nava Kerala Sadas campaign was the 'rescue work'.
Calling the budget as disappointing, Pinarayi Vijayan said that it would only help to further strengthen the concentration of wealth among corporates.
The decision to re-induct him into the cabinet came after the Kerala High Court recently dismissed two pleas that sought his disqualification as a legislator over the speech he made allegedly insulting the Constitution of India.
Pinarayi Vijayan said there was no question of abandoning the Vizhinjam Sea Port project and that the demand of the strike committee to halt the project cannot be accepted.
The state government has decided to suspend the social impact study for the project till the approval of the Central Railway Board.
While rejecting the chief minister's allegation of political interference in this particular case, Khan offered to resign if Vijayan succeeded in presenting an example.
