Opposition ups ante towards Kerala minister V Sivankutty, calls for his ouster

The Opposition Congress-led UDF and BJP stepped up the demand for the resignation of Kerala’s common schooling minister V Sivankutty, one of many six individuals ordered to face a trial by the Supreme Court within the 2015 Kerala Assembly ruckus case.
“The UDF asks general education minister V Sivankutty to step down. A man who led from the front to damage Assembly property functioning as a minister in the same Assembly does not bode well for this House. Legally and morally, it does not stand. If he does not resign, the chief minister must ask for his resignation,” mentioned Leader of the Opposition V D Satheesan.

“In keeping with the democratic spirit, V Sivankutty must resign. The chief minister, who allowed the misuse of government funds, is also a culprit. He must think about his morals. He must remember that it’s the state’s funds and money that was misused,” mentioned Ok Sudhakaran, president of the state Congress unit.
BJP state chief Ok Surendran added, “This is a heavy blow to the state government. The attempts of the Pinarayi Vijayan government to shield the accused in the criminal case by spending money from the treasury have failed miserably. The accused include a minister and MLAs. As the main accused in the case, V Sivankutty has lost the moral and legal right to continue in the cabinet.”
The SC bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah Wednesday dismissed appeals filed by the Kerala authorities for the withdrawal of felony circumstances towards then LDF MLAs in reference to the ruckus contained in the Assembly in March 2015 through the finances presentation of the then UDF authorities.
The high court docket dominated that the correct to free speech and privileges of lawmakers don’t prolong them immunity towards felony regulation. It mentioned that destruction of public property can’t be equated to an train important to discharge of capabilities as members of the House.

On March 13, 2015, a number of LDF MLAs, then in Opposition, had gone on a rampage contained in the Kerala Assembly making an attempt to disrupt the presentation of the finances by then finance minister late Ok M Mani, who was dealing with allegations of corruption on the time. Visuals confirmed the MLAs, together with CPM’s Sivankutty, E P Jayarajan, Ok T Jaleel, Ok Kunjahammed, C Ok Sadasivan and CPI’s Ok Ajith, tearing microphones, hurling and tossing the Speaker’s chair from the dais and destroying digital gear akin to computer systems and keyboards. The high court docket has now requested the six of them to face trial within the case.