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"CPI(M) creating a Constitutional crisis"

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Chennithala demands the resignation of Minister

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) is pushing the State towards a Constitutional crisis by posing a challenge to the rule of law and the impartiality of the judiciary.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Chennithala demanded the resignation of Minister for Local Administration Paloli Mohammed Kutty in the backdrop of the High Court's prima facie findings in a contempt of court case against him. "If he values morality, he should not continue in office even for a minute," Mr. Chennithala said.

The Congress was awaiting the CPI(M) State secretariat's decision on the Minister's resignation. The KPCC expressed the hope that the Chief Minister would take necessary steps to get Mr. Mohammed Kutty to resign , he added.

Mr. Chennithala said the ruling party had been consistently staging protests against the courts, using even its feeder organisations to tarnish judicial officers, besides casting aspersions on the court's impartiality. The Ministers had taken oath of office that they would function according to the Constitution, but had instead turned out to be violators of law. The ruling party was also misusing one constitutional body against another as could be seen from the Assembly resolution it pushed through on the strength of its brute majority against the courts. The Opposition was of the opinion that the Assembly resolution lacked sanctity and the KPCC would take steps to brief the authorities concerned.

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