Differences crop up in Congress over Keralam government’s 'soft approach' in CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case

By The Hindu Staff

1 hour ago 6 views

Differences crop up in Congress over Keralam government’s 'soft approach' in CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case — Photo credit: The Hindu

Differences have cropped up within the Congress over the State government’s alleged ‘soft approach’ towards Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan in the High Court in the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL)-Exalogic pay-off case.

Soon after a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed the pleas filed by former Keralam Chief Minister and current Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T. Veena, and son-in-law and former Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas to file an appeal against a single judge’s directive to register an FIR against them, Congress leader Mathew Kuzhalnadan directed a veiled criticism at the State government over its wait-and-watch approach through a preliminary inquiry.

“If the government has opted for a preliminary inquiry based on legal advice, it is now clear from the observations of the Single Bench and the Division Bench of the High Court that it was wrong. I hope that those in responsible positions will explain the decision in party forums,” said Mr. Kuzhalnadan, who went on to raise the issue in the Congress parliamentary party meeting, leading to heated debates with the leadership, including Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 16, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

Read original

About this page. The Ditible is an aggregator. This article was imported from a publisher feed and may have been reformatted. Copyright remains with the original publisher, and the headline, image and any quoted text are used for attribution and indexing purposes. Source links are preserved on every item in the archive.