Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 24 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Tuesday as the entire opposition staged a walkout after vociferously demanding the resignation of Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan over the Sabarimala gold theft case.Raising the issue during the proceedings, opposition members accused the government of shielding those responsible and targeting the Sabarimala tantri unfairly.Speaking for the opposition, K. Babu said the government must answer devotees on who was respon…
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Palakkad (Kerala), Feb 17 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan on Tuesday asserted that the Kerala High Court’s intervention against the Pinarayi Vijayan government’s Nava Kerala Survey had validated the charges consistently raised by the Opposition, alleging large-scale misuse of public funds for electioneering.Satheesan said the survey was conceived as a political exercise to project the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) achievements ahead of elections.He alleged t…
Malappurram Feb 14 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on the Kerala government, Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly V. D. Satheesan on Saturday alleged that the Global Ayyappa Meet held last year at Pampa was “a continuation of the Sabarimala gold heist”, and demanded a comprehensive probe into what he described as a multi-crore fraud.Satheesan claimed that despite repeated directions from the High Court to maintain transparent accounts, large-scale irregularities had surfaced in the con…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 14 (IANS) The Travancore Devaswom Board on Saturday rejected allegations of financial irregularities in the conduct of the Global Ayyappa Meet held at Pamba in September last year, even as the Kerala High Court earlier this week came down heavily on lapses in financial accountability linked to the event. In a detailed statement, the Board termed recent media reports “baseless and misleading”, particularly claims that public funds were used to purchase a bed for Chief Mini…
Kozhikode, Feb 13 (IANS) Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Friday mounted a sharp attack on the CPI-M-led government, alleging double standards in handling a sexual assault complaint against former Left MLA P.T. Kunhumuhammed and flagging large-scale irregularities in the conduct of the Global Ayyappa Meet.Satheesan said he felt “ashamed to be living in Kerala” after reading the survivor’s account.The sexual assault complaint, he noted, was submitted to Chief Minister Pinaray…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 (IANS) Allegations of large-scale financial irregularities in the conduct of the Global Ayyappa Meet linked to Sabarimala have triggered a fresh political storm, with senior Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan accusing Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan of misleading the Assembly and demanding detailed disclosures. The much-hyped meeting was held last year and now the High Court too has come out strongly about its financial accountability.C…
Kochi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Kerala High Court has been intimated of two sets of serious allegations relating to financial irregularities at Sabarimala, the first concerning the conduct of the Global Ayyappa Meet and the other involving suspicious money transfers by temporary staff during the just-ended Mandala-Makaravilakku season.In a report submitted to the High Court, the Special Commissioner of the Travancore Devasom Board has pointed to grave lapses in the organisation of the Global Ayyappa Me…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) As the Kerala High Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Sabarimala gold theft case, has widened its lens to include the controversial Global Ayyappa Meet held at Pampa last year, it has left a few in the Pinarayi Vijayan government gasping for breath. In its submission linked to the Sabarimala gold misappropriation case, the SIT has made specific references to the Global Ayyappa Meet conducted during the tenure of P.S. Prasanth as Travan…