THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who returned to the state capital early on Sunday after a visit to the US and the UAE, met Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at the Raj Bhavan.
During the meeting, that lasted an hour, he apprised the Governor of the new ordinance that the state government is bringing on the Lokayukta and explained the reason for it. The Governor, according to sources in Raj Bhavan, informed Vijayan that the state opposition leaders had submitted a petition to him against signing the ordinance. Chief Minister, according to sources, however, told the Governor that Section 14 of the Lokayukta Act is against Articles 163 and Article 164 of the Constitution and that the Lokayukta infringes upon the rights of the cabinet. (IANS)