Sivasankar penned book without govt permission Kerala CM tells Assembly
Thiruvananthapuram Feb 22 PTI The Left government in Kerala on Tuesday officially confirmed that senior bureaucrat M Sivasankars controversial book detailing his experience as an accused in the gold-smuggling case was published without its mandatory prior permissionIn a single-line written reply given in the state Assembly Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan admitted that the official did not seek any permission before publishing the book titled Ashwathamavu Verum Oru Aana Ashwathama is just an elephantThe reply was given to a question raised in this connection by Indian Union Muslim League IUML legislator Najeeb Kanthapuram who represents Perinthalmanna constituency in the state AssemblyA former Principal Secretary to Vijayan and his close confidant Sivasankar claimed in the book that he had made no illegal intervention in the gold-smuggling and never made any undue favour for Swapna Suresh the prime accused in the caseEarlier this month responding to a reporters query on the book and Sivasankars claims the Chief Minister took potshots at the media saying some people were offended after reading the narrative in the book about their role in the caseSivasankars book shares his experience of facing the media Let him say that the Chief Minister said adding that the official mentioned certain things amounting to causing resentment among those who targeted himAsked whether Sivasankar had sought permission from the government for writing the book the Chief Minister said that it was just a technical issue and the government would look into itSivasankar alleged in the book that the investigating agencies were under pressure to drag the Chief Minister into the case and that he was arrested to make a statement against VijayanSivasankar was suspended from service after his links with Suresh had surfaced He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED and Customs in the cases relating to the gold-smuggling through diplomatic channel money trail and dollar smugglingHis suspension was revoked by the government recentlyDuring its previous term the Vijayan government initiated stringent actions including suspension against senior IPS officer DGP Jacob Thomas who is retired now for penning his autobiography allegedly without its prior permission PTI LGK ROH ROH
Thiruvananthapuram Feb 22 PTI The Left government in Kerala on Tuesday officially confirmed that senior bureaucrat M Sivasankars controversial book detailing his experience as an accused in the gold-smuggling case was published without its mandatory prior permissionIn a single-line written reply given in the state Assembly Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan admitted that the official did not seek any permission before publishing the book titled Ashwathamavu Verum Oru Aana Ashwathama is just an elephantThe reply was given to a question raised in this connection by Indian Union Muslim League IUML legislator Najeeb Kanthapuram who represents Perinthalmanna constituency in the state AssemblyA former Principal Secretary to Vijayan and his close confidant Sivasankar claimed in the book that he had made no illegal intervention in the gold-smuggling and never made any undue favour for Swapna Suresh the prime accused in the caseEarlier this month responding to a reporters query on the book and Sivasankars claims the Chief Minister took potshots at the media saying some people were offended after reading the narrative in the book about their role in the caseSivasankars book shares his experience of facing the media Let him say that the Chief Minister said adding that the official mentioned certain things amounting to causing resentment among those who targeted himAsked whether Sivasankar had sought permission from the government for writing the book the Chief Minister said that it was just a technical issue and the government would look into itSivasankar alleged in the book that the investigating agencies were under pressure to drag the Chief Minister into the case and that he was arrested to make a statement against VijayanSivasankar was suspended from service after his links with Suresh had surfaced He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED and Customs in the cases relating to the gold-smuggling through diplomatic channel money trail and dollar smugglingHis suspension was revoked by the government recentlyDuring its previous term the Vijayan government initiated stringent actions including suspension against senior IPS officer DGP Jacob Thomas who is retired now for penning his autobiography allegedly without its prior permission PTI LGK ROH ROH
