CPI ministers oppose Lok Ayukta bill

Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI ministers on Tuesday opposed the bill to replace the Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Ordinance when the cabinet considered it for presenting it in the upcoming assembly session, it is learnt. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan had refused to repromulgate 11 ordinances, including the Lok Ayukta one, recently.It is reliably learnt that the four CPI ministers in the cabinet - revenue minister K Rajan, agriculture minister P Prasad, food and civil supplies minister G R Anil and animal husbandry and dairy development minister J Chinchurani - registered their dissent to the bill that dilutes the powers of the Lok Ayukta. tnn