Thiruvananthapuram: Former opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala once again approached Lok Ayukta with a petition relating to his complaint with the Minister of Higher Education R Bindu for irregularities in the rapture of Kannur University Deputy Chancellor.Chennithala said that he had submitted a petition that the minister’s chairman must also be applied in this case After the revelation of the Governor that he only acted about the pressure of the office of the minister’s chairman to lift Gopinath Ravindran as VC.
But even though the request was put forward before Lok Ayukta’s decision came, it was not considered and Lok Ayukta’s attitude that his petition would be considered after saying a verdict in the number of original petitions to insult the complainant, he said.
Each designation by ignoring serious rules and saying the verdict without considering this violates the tasks given by Lok Ayankta.
There is no doubt for anyone, including Lok Ayukta, that the minister’s recommendation to lift Gopinath Ravindran as VC against the UGC rules and statutes amounted to nepotism and abuse of official power.
He said that the revelation was that the office of the minister’s chairman disrupted the removal of the Chancellor’s representative was serious, who also numbered nepotism.
Behind these things, it is clear that a comprehensive probe is needed, which is why he has submitted a new petition with Lok Ayukta who asked to review the verdict, Chennithala said.
TNN.