The second LDF-Led government in Kerala is fully set to be sworn in on May 20. But, in the midst, a complaint has been lodged against the swearing-in ceremony of the second Pinarayi government.
Anil Thomas, a lawyer and George Sebastian, state chief of Democratic Party, filed the complaint with the Chief Justice of the High Court and a senior judge, seeking its intervention to shift the venue of the event to Raj Bhavan here, in view of unprecedented COVID-19 situation in the state.
He requested the court to consider the letter, sent through the Registrar General, as a petition being taken up on its own. The complaint alleged that there is a move to invite more than 700 people for the function in the wake of rising Covid cases. The complaint demanded to hold the function at the Raj Bhavan and asked the court to take a case voluntarily.
The letter was sent to the Chief Justice as it was unable to file new cases in the High Court due to some disputes regarding e-filing, Sebastian said here in a statement.
He also said though he had sent a letter to the Governor, Chief Minister and Chief Secretary regarding this last week, there was no response, following which he had moved the court.
According to Vijayan, the ceremony would be held by adhering to COVID-19 protocol. The function would be held in the presence of 500 invited guests at the stadium, which has the capacity to hold 50,000 people. Besides 140 newly elected MLAs, 29 members of Parliament of the state, representatives of the judiciary and the media would be invited for the function.
A government order said entry would be limited only to people having Covid negative results obtained within 48 hours or on production of final certificate of the vaccination.
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