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UDF, LDF Welcome Vigilance Probe Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Keralam Over KSTP Project
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CNBC TV18•04-10-2026, 13:53
UDF, LDF Welcome Vigilance Probe Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar in Keralam Over KSTP Project
- •Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala ordered a Vigilance probe into corruption allegations related to the KSTP road project and the 2006 death of a Malaysian engineer.
- •The probe targets incumbent Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who was the state's PWD secretary at the time of the incidents.
- •India Union Muslim League (IUML) leader M K Muneer and CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan welcomed the investigation, with Govindan calling for examination of all cases against Kumar in Keralam.
- •The 2006 World Bank-funded KSTP project involved PATI-BEL, a joint venture whose engineer, Lee See Been, allegedly raised complaints before dying by suicide in Malaysia, leaving a detailed note.
- •A previous Vigilance probe in 2006 did not proceed, prompting calls for a comprehensive investigation into the engineer's death and related matters.
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Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala ordered a Vigilance probe into corruption allegations tied to the 2006 KSTP road project and the death of Malaysian engineer Lee See Been, who served while Kumar was the state's PWD secretary.
Opposition parties moved an impeachment motion because Kumar allegedly functioned as a partisan agent and faced scrutiny after two Election Commissioners reportedly objected multiple times to decisions made without their knowledge during the SIR process.
Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan alleged that Kumar acted as a BJP agent and urged former Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson to join the BJP in 2016 while still serving as an IAS officer.
