Political scuffle is high in the state of Kerala. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday rejected the accusation grown by Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala that the ruling LDF government is preparing to bring in an ordinance to ‘ban CBI’. The Opposition leader had asserted that the state government is in the process of bringing such an ordinance to prevent the agency from carrying out any examination in the state.
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Chennithala had said that the file in this regard was kept at the table of the secretary Law Department. "If the state government was planning such an ordinance, Congress would approach the Governor and request him not to sign it. Why is the Chief Minister planning to block the CBI?" Chennithala asked. However, the CM of Kerala said the media that the Congress governments in other states might have taken such actions but Kerala is not proposing to ban the CBI and that the state welcomes the agency to do its job.
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Vijayan said, "The state government had earlier made it clear that we will consider bringing up a new law to counter the attack on women through social media. That is under consideration and the only one under consideration. Let the CBI do its duty. Some Congress governments might have taken such a stance and such decisions. However, we have not taken such decisions." The CBI had recently registered an FIR (first information report) over allegations relating to the Life Mission housing project, a state scheme for providing houses to the poor, at Wadakkanchery in Thrissur. An FIR was filed in a Kochi court in the case under section 120B of the Indian Penal Code and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 based on a complaint filed by Wadakkanchery Congress MLA Anil Akkara against the builders who got the contract of the project.