THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A brainstorming session of the KPCC - Government Coordination committee held here on Wednesday dealt with a slew of topics and recommended an official probe into allegations related to the Higher secondary course/school sanctioning, among other things.
The vexed bar licence renewal issue continued to remain elusive for an amicable solution, as KPCC president V M Sudheeran and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy were stuck to their different tracks on the bar issue.
Sudheeran had also turned against the Advocate-General, charging that he was promoting vested interests. The KPCC chief was highly critical of the stand taken by the AG while legally addressingthe issues of 418 bars and the Munnar demolition in the High Court. Finally, the government was asked to seriously look into the criticism that there was laxity in addressing various aspects lined up with regard to the Munnar demolition issue.
Title Deeds
The meet decided to go in for adequate measures to expedite the granting of title deeds for eligible settlers in Idukki . Steps to close down all illegal quarries functioning in the state was recommended. Implementation of the Moolampally package in toto was also insisted.
The government was asked to resolve issues connected with the pension payment crisis and revival package implementation in the KSRTC at the earliest.
Revenue Minister Adoor Prakash and Transport Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan were summoned for the co-ordination meet, which lasted for more than three hours.
Bar Issue
Excise Minister K Babu, the other special invitee to the meet, was conspicuous by his absence, though he was in the capital. It is believed that hisboycott was a mark of protest against Sudheeran, with whom he was at loggerheads on the issue of 418 bars from the beginning itself. Sudheeran reiterated that the KPCC general body meet had expressed its sentiments and opinion to the government against the reopening of the closed 418 bars.
The Chief Minister maintained that a government will have to follow rules and no unilateral decision could be thrust upon anyone.