Express News Service
KOCHI: he stand-off between the state government and the top bureaucrat who signed the controversial multi-crore deep-sea fishing deal reached a boiling point with the fisheries minister reiterating on Thursday that the state was kept in the dark and the officer refuting her claim.
While Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma pointed fingers at Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation (KSINC) MD N Prasanth regarding the signing of the memorandum of understanding permitting US firm EMCC to conduct fishing off the Kerala coast the IAS officer is learnt to have submitted his explanation to the chief minister, with evidence strong enough to clear his name.
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By launching the day-long stir, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Ramesh Chennithala also wanted the government to carry out a judicial probe into the alleged conspiracy behind the controversial agreement and remove the reported changes made in favour of the firm, EMCC International, in the fisheries policy of the state.
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Feb 24 (IANS) Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Kerala Fisheries Minister J. Mercykutty over the now cancelled deep sea fishing project.Speaking to the media here, Chennithala said the conspiracy .