CPI(M) accuses Satheesan of concentrating authority in a ‘shadowy power group’ centred around the CMO

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CPI(M) accused Congress leader V.D. Satheesan of concentrating authority in a small group around the Chief Minister’s Office and weakening legislative accountability. The allegations include policy decisions and power-purchase agreements with private companies described by CPI(M) as predatory.

Govindan alleges that Satheesan’s “autocratic style of functioning” had whittled down the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government’s accountability to the legislature on policy and key decisions, including power purchase agreements with “profit-motivated and predatory” private sector entities.