Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Kerala would move the Supreme Court against the Centre’s alleged trespasses on fiscal federalism. Mr. Vijayan also accused the Centre of withholding the Union Government’s stake in mega infrastructure developmental projects in Kerala. Given the Centre’s financial embargo, Mr. Vijayan said Kerala was struggling to spur development and pay welfare pensions promptly to an estimated 62 lakh beneficiaries. The government also sensed overwhelming support for the administration’s aspiration to transform Kerala into a knowledge economy”, Mr. Vijayan said. Those named as suspects in the case are well within their rights to prove the police wrong by furnishing evidence to the contrary”, Mr. Vijayan said.

Source: The Hindu December 23, 2023 17:14 UTC