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KERALA'S EX-MIN JAYARAJAN NOW IN TEAKWOOD TRAP
PNS
The Pioneer, dailypioneer.com
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Kochi - CPI(M)'s central committee member EP Jayarajan,
who had resigned as Industries minister on October 14
over charges of nepotism, has now fallen into another
trap with allegations coming up that he had recommended
delivery of teakwood worth several crores of rupees from
the Forest Department free of cost for the renovation of
a temple at his birthplace in Kannur which is being
administered by a trust that allegedly has his relatives
as members.
The charge against Jayarajan is that he had sent a
recommendation in his letter pad as (then) Industries
Minister to Forests Minister K Raju of the CPI that 1,200
cubic metres of teakwood costing a minimum of `17 crore
be given free of cost to the Chuzhali Devi Temple at
Irinavu for its renovation.
The teakwood allegedly sought for, with Jayarajan's
recommendation, was reportedly meant for the flag-post
and other purposes at the temple in the Kallyassery
constituency represented not by Jayarajan but by young
Marxist MLA TV Rajesh. Jayarajan, however, said he had
nothing to do with the temple and that he had only
forwarded a memorandum from its committee.
The Forest Minister on Friday admitted to the media that
he had received a recommendation in Jayarajan's official
letter pad as (then) Minister supporting the temple
committee's request for teakwood. He also said that the
request was turned down by the officials of his
department as there was no legal provision for allotting
forest resources in this way.
Continues at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/keralas-ex-min-jayarajan-now-in-teakwood-trap.html
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