Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has disagreed with the government’s purported move to appoint retired Chief Justice S. Manikumar as State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chairperson.
In a statement here, Mr. Satheesan said the Leader of the Opposition was a panel member mandated to select a person to the sensitive top post. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Speaker A.N. Shamseer were the other two permanent members.
Mr. Satheesan alleged that the government forsook the political propriety of keeping the Leader of the Opposition in the loop and arbitrarily decided on an individual they liked.
