It had also held that he should not continue in the post. Jaleel sent his resignation to the Chief Minister and it has been forwarded to the Governor, sources in the Chief Minister s office told PTI. The resignation has been accepted by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Raj Bhavan sources said. In a Facebook Post, Jaleel himself confirmed that he had put in his papers. I am happy to say that those who had been baying for my blood can be relieved for now.I have submitted my resignation to the Chief Minister. Since the past two years, I have been facing a media onslaught, Jaleel, second minister in the LDF ministry to resign on nepotism charges, said in the post.
State Police chief Loknath Behra on Saturday informed that the Kerala Police is fully geared to provide all the security on April 6, the polling day and has posted 59,292 police officials for duty. 481 police stations in the state have been divided into 142 sub-divisions and are under the direct control of the 14 district police chiefs. Of the 59,292 police officials, it includes 24,788 special police officers and comprises 258 deputy superintendents of police, 784 inspectors and 4,405 sub inspectors, said Behra. Apart from the Kerala Police officials, there are 140 companies of CISF, CRPF and BSF officials and this is the biggest deployment of central forces in any election in the state.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday arrived at the Kannur Collectorate to submit his nomination to the Dharmadom Assembly constituency in his home turf-Kannur . Arriving from the party office, Vijayan was accompanied by his trusted close aide M.V. Jayarajan and senior CPI leader C.N. Chandran. Dressed in Covid protocol, Vijayan and the other two had gloves and masks besides the head gear. After handing over the two sets of nomination papers, he got up and read out his pledge and sat down again. And after putting his signature to numerous papers, he left without speaking to the media and drove away for his campaign in his constituency.
Read more about Cong releases list of 86 candidates for Kerala Assembly polls on Business Standard. The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 86 candidates for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections