<p>Kerala Legislative Assembly speaker P Sreeramakrishnan has given nod to the state vigilance for a probe against opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala of the Congress.</p>.<p>The vigilance initiated a preliminary probe against Chennithala as well as former ministers and Congress leaders V S Sivakumar and K Babu based on a recent statement of a bar hotel owner in Kerala, Biju Ramesh, that they were paid a bribe in 2014 for giving relaxations in then Congress-led United Democratic Front government's liquor policy.</p>.<p>Chennithala was then Kerala PCC president, Babu was excise minister and Sivakumar was health minister.</p>.<p>The fresh move had triggered allegations that the left-front government was misusing power.</p>.<p>The nod was also given for a probe against Indian Union Muslim League MLA K M Shaji for allegedly accepting bribes from school management for upgradation.</p>
<p>Kerala Legislative Assembly speaker P Sreeramakrishnan has given nod to the state vigilance for a probe against opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala of the Congress.</p>.<p>The vigilance initiated a preliminary probe against Chennithala as well as former ministers and Congress leaders V S Sivakumar and K Babu based on a recent statement of a bar hotel owner in Kerala, Biju Ramesh, that they were paid a bribe in 2014 for giving relaxations in then Congress-led United Democratic Front government's liquor policy.</p>.<p>Chennithala was then Kerala PCC president, Babu was excise minister and Sivakumar was health minister.</p>.<p>The fresh move had triggered allegations that the left-front government was misusing power.</p>.<p>The nod was also given for a probe against Indian Union Muslim League MLA K M Shaji for allegedly accepting bribes from school management for upgradation.</p>
