Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Prime accused in Kerala gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh on Saturday said that had a "good, genuine friendship and family relationship" with former Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan and that M Sivasankar, the ex-principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had manipulated and used her. India News | Kerala Gold Smuggling: Had Good Ties with Sreeramakrishnan, Sivasankar Exploited Me, Says Swapna Suresh.
Prime accused in Kerala gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh on Saturday said that had a good, genuine friendship and family relationship with former Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan and that M Sivasankar, the ex-principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had manipulated and used her.
Updated Mar 05, 2021 | 12:19 IST
Suresh stated that 3 other cabinet ministers, along with Kerala Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, were also involved in gold smuggling case. Swapna Suresh (left); Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan (right). | Photo Credit: Times Now
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Ramesh Chennithala, the leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, said that all the allegations made by the Congress have come true
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court of India has issued a notice to M Sivasankar, the former principal secretary to the Chief Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: In what could put the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in a spot of bother with the state assembly elections barely a month away, the gold smuggling case that erupted last year has once again come back to haunt Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The Kerala cabinet has once again recommended a special assembly session on December 31 to discuss the farmer agitation. The state government had earlier decided to convene an assembly session on December 23 but the request was turned down by the governor. Following a cabinet meeting on Thursday, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state is concerned about the crisis faced by the farmers and hence, the state government believes that such a public issue should be discussed in the state assembly. “It is an emergency situation, with the farmers’ agitation not ebbing. Kerala will be affected too. Hence, it is necessary to discuss ways to overcome a crisis, if and when it happens” said the CM. tnn
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