THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has successfully assuaged the state governor Arif Mohammed Khan and coaxed him to sign the Lok Ayukta Act amendment ordinance, CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran dismissed any change in his party’s stand on the amendment.
Openly expressing CPI’s displeasure over the way the government fast-tracked the amendment, Kanam said no discussions were held within LDF. “There was no discussion in the LDF regarding the amendment proposal. CPI is yet to be convinced on what emergency ground the government pushed the amendment of the Lok Ayukta Act through an ordinance. We still oppose the amendment. The governor might be convinced of the need for the same, but we are not,” Rajendran told reporters here on Monday.
