Thiruvananthapuram, as the Congress-led UDF accused the state's Left administration of trying to commute the sentence of three convicts in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case, the Kerala government alleged that it was a controversy created by some officials for the benefit of the opposition.
Minister of State for Local Self-Government and Excise MB Rajesh said the government was going to examine whether some officials were working to promote the political interests of the opposition.
The minister said submitting the names of prisoners who were not eligible for remission to be taken into account for commutation of sentence was not an honest mistake and therefore action had been taken against the officials involved.
The government on Thursday ordered the suspension of jail officials who allegedly included three convicts in the notorious TP Chandrasekharan murder case in a referral list.
Rajesh also said that since the controversy broke out over the government's alleged move to grant remission of sentence to three convicts in the murder case, the Left administration has been clarifying that it made no such attempt.
The government's position is clear from the letter of the Additional Chief Secretary of Home Affairs and the press release of the Chief of Prisons, he said.
On June 3, the Additional Chief Secretary of Home Affairs had directed the Chief of Prisons to submit a revised list strictly following norms after finding names of prisoners who were not eligible for remission in the list of convicts who would be considered for commutation. of the sentence.
The Chief Prisons issued a press release on June 22 stating that the final list of persons eligible for remission will be provided to the government after removing the names of those convicted of killing Chandrasekharan.
"So when the opposition claims in the House that an officer called (K K Rema) to ask his opinion, their intention becomes clear. The objective of the opposition was political. The government is blamed for something it had not even thought of ," said Rajesh, while talking to reporters at the assembly complex here.
The minister further stated that only the opposition would benefit from such a controversy.
It was an opportunity created by some officials for the benefit of the opposition and measures have been taken against them.
The minister also said that the decision to commute the sentence of a convict is taken by the state cabinet, which in the past rejected the recommendations of district and state committees headed by retired judges.
"The government has burst the bubble created by the opposition with the help of some media groups," he said.
Rajesh claimed that despite the government's clarification that he had made no such attempt, neither the opposition nor some members of the media were willing to accept it.
Chandrasekharan (52), leader of the Revolutionary Marxist Party, was hacked to death by a gang while cycling home in 2012.
Hours earlier, in the assembly, the opposition accused the state government of continuing to try to grant remission to the three convicted in the case and demanded guarantees that the sentences of the prisoners in question will not be commuted for any reason.
Minister of State for Local Self-Government and Excise MB Rajesh said the government was going to examine whether some officials were working to promote the political interests of the opposition.
The minister said submitting the names of prisoners who were not eligible for remission to be taken into account for commutation of sentence was not an honest mistake and therefore action had been taken against the officials involved.
The government on Thursday ordered the suspension of jail officials who allegedly included three convicts in the notorious TP Chandrasekharan murder case in a referral list.
Rajesh also said that since the controversy broke out over the government's alleged move to grant remission of sentence to three convicts in the murder case, the Left administration has been clarifying that it made no such attempt.
The government's position is clear from the letter of the Additional Chief Secretary of Home Affairs and the press release of the Chief of Prisons, he said.
On June 3, the Additional Chief Secretary of Home Affairs had directed the Chief of Prisons to submit a revised list strictly following norms after finding names of prisoners who were not eligible for remission in the list of convicts who would be considered for commutation. of the sentence.
The Chief Prisons issued a press release on June 22 stating that the final list of persons eligible for remission will be provided to the government after removing the names of those convicted of killing Chandrasekharan.
"So when the opposition claims in the House that an officer called (K K Rema) to ask his opinion, their intention becomes clear. The objective of the opposition was political. The government is blamed for something it had not even thought of ," said Rajesh, while talking to reporters at the assembly complex here.
The minister further stated that only the opposition would benefit from such a controversy.
It was an opportunity created by some officials for the benefit of the opposition and measures have been taken against them.
The minister also said that the decision to commute the sentence of a convict is taken by the state cabinet, which in the past rejected the recommendations of district and state committees headed by retired judges.
"The government has burst the bubble created by the opposition with the help of some media groups," he said.
Rajesh claimed that despite the government's clarification that he had made no such attempt, neither the opposition nor some members of the media were willing to accept it.
Chandrasekharan (52), leader of the Revolutionary Marxist Party, was hacked to death by a gang while cycling home in 2012.
Hours earlier, in the assembly, the opposition accused the state government of continuing to try to grant remission to the three convicted in the case and demanded guarantees that the sentences of the prisoners in question will not be commuted for any reason.
