Opposition leader condemns Speaker on dollar smuggling case
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 7 (UNI) Opposition leader in Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday strongly condemned Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan for his alleged attempt to derail the dollar smuggling case.
In a message, the Opposition leader said, the Speaker is misinterpreting the Assembly rules to save himself from the investigation. The protection available for legislative members are not applicable to their staff.
The Opposition leader raised sharp criticism after the Assembly Secretary issued a letter to the Customs officials probing the case, informing that the Customs must seek prior permission of the Assembly Speaker to quiz his assistant private secretary K Ayyappan.