Following the clearance of the Lokayukta ordinance by the Governor, the state government has issued a notification in the ordinance. The government can now overturn the Lokayukta verdict that finds public servants guilty.
The Governor signed the ordinance a day after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had appraised Khan of the circumstances that led to an ordinance to amend the Lokayukta Act in the state.
Meanwhile, BJP state president K Surendran on Monday said that Governor Arif Mohammad Khan should not have signed the Lok Ayukta ordinance. BJP will oppose the ordinance politically and legally, he said.
Surendran said that the governor should have sent back the ordinance without signing it. He also said that BJP will approach the court against the ordinance after consulting the legal experts.
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