Customs likely to question Kerala Speaker in dollar smuggling case
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Tue, Jan 12 2021 13:03 IST |
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Kerala Assembly speaker P. Sreeramakrishnan.. Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 12 : The Customs officials probing the sensational gold smuggling case are likely to question Kerala Assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan after the Budget session concludes on January 22, sources said on Tuesday.
Three accused in the case had deposed before the customs about the alleged involvement of Sreeramakrishnan.
Official sources told IANS that they had contemplated to quiz the Speaker during the session here, but higher authorities wanted him to be grilled at the Kerala Customs headquarters in Kochi.
CBI probe to continue in life mission scam: Kerala HC
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Tue, Jan 12 2021 16:12 IST |
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 12 : The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas filed by the state government in the Life Mission scam and said that an ongoing CBI probe should continue into the case involving high government officers and contractors.
The case involves alleged violation of foreign contribution regulations in the Kerala government s flagship Life Mission project intended to provide homes for the poor who lost their homes during the devastating floods in 2018.
Kerala government counsel and Supreme Court s Senior Advocate KK Vishwanathan argued in the court of Justice P Somarajan that a CBI probe could not be carried out in the case as statutory bodies are exempted from the provisions of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
Updated Jan 08, 2021 · 08:02 pm Opposition MLAs stage a protest outside Kerala Legislative complex, demanding the resignation of Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan over his alleged involvement in a corruption case, after boycotting the Assembly session, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Friday.
The 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly’s final Budget session saw a tumultuous beginning on Friday with the Congress-led United Democratic Front boycotting Governor Arif Muhammad Khan’s address, reported
The Hindu. Slogans were shouted against Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over alleged links to corruption cases.
After the MLAs began sloganeering, Khan said he was doing his constitutional duty. “It is expected that no obstruction shall be created while the Governor is performing his constitutional duty,” he said, according to NDTV. “Do not interrupt me.”
The state Budget for 2021-22 will be presented in the Assembly on January 15, the Kerala government announced after a Cabinet meeting here on Friday. The Budget Session will begin on January 8. The Budget session the last one for the Pinarayi Vijayan government and the current Assembly as state elections are scheduled in May is likely to see much firework as the opposition will try to put the LDF government on the back foot on several issues. With Finance Minister Thomas Issac presenting his last Budget in this Assembly s term, expectations abound regarding new proposals and projects that the government has proclaimed its support for in the past.