<p>A farewell party organised by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to Kerala Chief Justice S Manikumar has triggered a row.</p>.<p>Congress has demanded the Chief Minister to clarify the reasons for such an unprecedented farewell.</p>.<p>It was on Wednesday evening that the Chief Minister hosted the farewell to Manikumar at a luxury hotel at Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram as he is retiring next week. Some ministers also attended the evening.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/pinarayi-backs-stalin-over-resolution-against-governor-1210943.html" target="_blank">Pinarayi backs Stalin over resolution against governor</a></strong><br /><br />Law Minister P Rajeeve said that there was nothing wrong in the farewell. An attempt to create a smoke screen was going on, he said.</p>.<p>While opposition leader V D Satheesan of the Congress demanded the Chief Minister to explain the circumstance for organising such an unprecedented farewell, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K Sudhakaran said that if it was an official farewell the opposition leader should have been also invited.</p>.<p>Some individuals were learnt to have petitioned the President and Chief Justice of India in this regard .</p>.<p>Kerala recently witnessed a row over Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayukta attending an Iftar feast organised by the Chief Minister close on the heels of a case against Vijayan with regard to alleged misuse of Chief Minister's distress relief fund being referred to the full bench.</p>
<p>A farewell party organised by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to Kerala Chief Justice S Manikumar has triggered a row.</p>.<p>Congress has demanded the Chief Minister to clarify the reasons for such an unprecedented farewell.</p>.<p>It was on Wednesday evening that the Chief Minister hosted the farewell to Manikumar at a luxury hotel at Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram as he is retiring next week. Some ministers also attended the evening.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/pinarayi-backs-stalin-over-resolution-against-governor-1210943.html" target="_blank">Pinarayi backs Stalin over resolution against governor</a></strong><br /><br />Law Minister P Rajeeve said that there was nothing wrong in the farewell. An attempt to create a smoke screen was going on, he said.</p>.<p>While opposition leader V D Satheesan of the Congress demanded the Chief Minister to explain the circumstance for organising such an unprecedented farewell, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K Sudhakaran said that if it was an official farewell the opposition leader should have been also invited.</p>.<p>Some individuals were learnt to have petitioned the President and Chief Justice of India in this regard .</p>.<p>Kerala recently witnessed a row over Lok Ayukta and Upa Lok Ayukta attending an Iftar feast organised by the Chief Minister close on the heels of a case against Vijayan with regard to alleged misuse of Chief Minister's distress relief fund being referred to the full bench.</p>
