Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan has welcomed Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s stance that “ordinance raj” is not acceptable.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was in a hurry to push through ordinances, including the Kerala Lokayukta (Amendment) Ordinance, to ensure that he did not lose power, he said. It is to prevent a backlash from his own case before the Lokayukta that the Chief Minister was trying to push through the ordinance in a hurry, thereby usurping the right of the Legislative Assembly.
Not just corruption issues, complaints on the partisan manner in which money from the relief fund was handled was also before the consideration of the Lokayukta. Mr. Vijayan was disregarding opposition from even the Left Democratic Front (LDF) constituents on renewing ordinances again because of this, Mr. Muraleedharan alleged.
