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'.
When the gold smuggling case came into the limelight, five Central investigative agencies stormed into the Chief Minister's Office.
The acrimony between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan came to the fore during the swearing-in ceremony of two ministers at the Raj Bhavan on Friday.
Later, the Minister clarified that he was only quoting the late Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church.
The vehicle of Kerala Governor was allegedly attacked by the members of the ruling party's student wing.
Meanwhile, Opposition leader VD Satheesan alleged the CPI-M "criminals" are unleashing widespread violence in Nava Kerala Sadas because it is being encouraged by "sadist" Chief Minister Vijayan.