India News | KL-MINiSTER-CONTRACTORS Kerala PWD Minister Asks MLAs Not to Visit His Office with Contractors
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Kerala Public Works Department (PWD) minister P A Mohammed Riyas on Friday said he sticks to his recent statement in the state Assembly that MLAs should not visit his office with contractors of various projects as it will create trouble in the future.
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 (PTI) Kerala Public Works Department (PWD) minister P A Mohammed Riyas on Friday said he sticks to his recent statement in the state Assembly that MLAs should not visit his office with contractors of various projects as it will create trouble in the future.
Riyas made his stand clear on the issue after a section of media reported that he was criticised in the legislative party meeting of the CPI(M) MLAs over his statement in the Assembly on October 7.
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Talking to the media today, Riyas, who is also a CPI(M) leader, dismissed the reports, saying no MLAs had criticised him in the legislative party meeting.
"The MLAs need not visit the minister's office with contractors. That will create issues in the future. The contractors have their associations. They can approach the ministry if they have any issues to discuss," Riyas had told the Assembly on October 7.
Later, a section of media had reported that Riyas was criticised in the legislative party meeting of the CPI(M) legislators, forcing him to tender an apology.
"There was no such discussion in the legislative party meeting of the party MLAs. None of the MLAs raised such an issue. The news reports that it was discussed and I had expressed regret are baseless. But let me clarify that I will not go back from my stand and that is actually the stand of the LDF," Riyas told reporters today.
The ruling CPI(M) also came out in support of Riyas saying what he said was the stand of the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Reacting to a query, party state secretary in-charge A Vijayaraghavan said the minister was explaining the stand of the party and the government.
"CPI(M) has already made clear its stand on issues like this. What the minister explained was the stand of the party. The CPI(M) has a clear stand on how the government should function, how the ministers' offices should function. Our stand is that there should not be any recommendations and things should go on smoothly even without any recommendations," Vijayaraghavan said.
When asked about the legislative party meeting, the party chief said he was not part of that meeting and alleged that reporters were writing stories as if they had taken part in the CPI(M) legislative party meeting.
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