UDF convenor and veteran Congress leader M.M. Hassan said the Pinarayi Vijayan government took the step of announcing a police investigation after state Tourism Minister P.A. Was a shock to. Must be saved. The amount of CM's son-in-law Mohammad Riyas is more than Rs 20 crore.

"The police investigation is to protect Riyas and Excise Minister M.P. Rajesh. We demand a judicial inquiry into the bar scam that has surfaced with the audio clip. All aspects related to bar clearance should be investigated."

"In 2015, the same Vijayan-led Left had created a ruckus outside the Assembly and even attacked the then state Finance Minister KM Mani when he tried to present the annual budget in the Assembly. Leftists The allegation made was corruption of Rs 5 crore, while now the audio reveals corruption on a large scale,” said Hasan.

When the Vijayan government took over in 2016, there were 29 bars in the state, and now the figure has crossed 900 and many new bar license applications are likely to be approved soon. A record 130 new approvals were given in the last three years.

Both Congress and BJP attacked the Vijayan government for this "largely corrupt deal", with Rajesh writing to the state police chief demanding an investigation into this audio clip and soon after, Vijayan, who is also the Home Minister, Approved. For this.

While Rajesh and others have said that no decision has been taken, Riyas is said to have had discussions with tourism industry players, but on Saturday he broke his silence on the issue and said that no such decision has been taken. There has been no discussion. ,