THRISSUR: After its win in Karnataka the place it had blamed the outgoing BJP administration there of being a “40 per cent commission” authorities, the Congress on Monday took a dig on the ruling LDF in Kerala by terming it as an “80 per cent commission” regime. Senior Congress chief and former Leader of Opposition within the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala contended {that a} second time period in energy has boosted the “arrogance” of the ruling Left and the Chief Minister of Kerala. He additionally accused the LDF authorities of being “submerged” in corruption.
“If it was 40 per cent commission in Karnataka, here (in Kerala) they are taking 80 per cent commission,” Chennithala stated at a press convention held right here in reference to the alleged Artificial Intelligence (AI) digital camera rip-off. An analogous allegation was made by Leader of Opposition within the Assembly V D Satheesan a few days in the past whereas reacting to Congress main throughout counting of votes polled within the Karnataka elections.
Satheesan had stated the Congress marketing campaign in Karnataka highlighted the 40 per cent fee that the ruling authorities there was allegedly taking. “Here in Kerala, it is 46 per cent or 65 per cent. We will highlight that here,” he had stated referring to the AI-camera and different initiatives. The Motor Vehicle Department has put in 726 AI-enabled cameras to maintain observe of the violations of visitors guidelines throughout the state as a part of the ‘Safe Kerala’ mission.
The Congress has been elevating corruption prices towards the implementation of the ‘Safe Kerala’ mission, which goals to cut back street accidents and visitors violations within the state, since its inauguration in April. On Monday, through the press convention, Chennithala stated the occasion is not going to permit the Left authorities to allegedly loot the folks to fill the pockets of the relations of these in energy beneath the guise of the ‘Safe Kerala’ mission.
There are allegations {that a} relative of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is linked to one of many personal corporations which carried out the work of putting in the AI cameras. Chennithala claimed that the imposition of fines beneath the mission has not been applied but fearing the resultant large public outcry.
He stated the Congress could be laying siege to the state secretariat on May 20, which marks the LDF authorities’s second anniversary upon retaining energy within the state, over varied points together with the alleged corruption.Â
