Speaker misinterpreting rules of procedure to protect staff: Opposition
Chennithala alleged that the Speaker and his office were trying to block the investigation in the dollar smuggling case.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Coming down heavily on Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan for allegedly misinterpreting Rule 165 of the ‘Rules of Procedure’, Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Thursday that the Speaker was trying to sabotage the law to save his own face.
The criticism comes a day after Legislative Assembly Secretary S V Unnikrishnan Nair shot off a letter to the Customs, citing Rule 165 to state that the Speaker’s permission had to be sought if a legislative assembly employee was to be served with a legal process. As per the Rule 165 of the ‘Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Assembly’, a legal process, civil or criminal, cannot be served within the precincts of the assembly without obtain
KC Joseph with Oommen Chandy | Photo: Mathrubhumi
Thiruvananthapuram: The opposition has raised sharp criticism against Kerala AssemblySpeaker P Sreeramakrishnan after the assembly secretary issued a letter to the Customs informing that they must seek prior permission of the speaker to quiz his assistant private secretary.
Customs had summoned Speaker’s assistant private secretary K Ayyappan for interrogation on Wednesday over the probe into dollar smuggling case. The opposition has condemned the move to interrupt the interrogation of the PA of the Speaker.
“It’s unfortunate that the protection of legislative privileges is misused by Speaker @sreeramkrishnan to bypass or avoid due process of law to protect his PA. This is mere belittling the stature & dignity of the Legislature itself. ‘Is something rotten in the State of Denmark ?,” tweeted Congress MLA KC Joseph.
Lone BJP MLA in Kerala supports Assembly resolution against farm laws
Updated Jan 1, 2021, 10:59 am IST
The MLA clarified that he had actually opposed the resolution and said the laws were aimed at protecting the farmers
BJP MLA O. Rajagopal (Photo credit: Facebook)
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly on Thursday demanded the immediate repeal of three farm laws.
The demand was raised through a resolution passed unanimously in the state Assembly. The legislators belonging to the ruling CPM led LDF and opposition Congress led UDF vehemently opposed the farm laws during the special session of Assembly.
Even the lone BJP member O Rajagopal said that he agreed with the sentiments conveyed in the resolution. “We supported the spirit of the resolution despite having differences on certain issues pointed out in it,” he said at a press conference.
Congress MLA urges Kerala CM to exempt worship places from ban on New Year celebrations ANI | Updated: Dec 31, 2020 20:32 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 31 (ANI): Congress MLA K C Joseph has written to KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requesting him to exempt worship places from the order of Kerala Disaster Management Authority (KDMA) regarding the ban on public New Year celebrations after 10 pm today.
In the letter, Joseph said that the midnight prayer in churches on December 31 is a conventional practice followed by Christians, it is not a celebration but a prayer. There may be attempts to misinterpret disaster management authority s order and to disrupt midnight prayer in the churches, he stated.