Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday expressed displeasure over Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi appearing in the Supreme Court on behalf of Kerala's bar owners.
Rohatgi was appealing against the Kerala High Court order which upheld the state government's decision to restrict liquor licenses to 5-star bar owners.
Chandy has said he will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about how the Central government could have given Rohatgi permission to fight this case. Chandy said that the Centre should support Kerala's initiative to phase out alcohol consumption in the state.
"I will write to Prime Minister about Mukul Rohtagi representing Kerala bar owners in SC. A-G representing bar owners in Supreme Court is unconstitutional how can Law Ministry give him nod for this, Chandy said.
"This is unfortunate. The decision taken by Kerala government is non political. We expect full support from central government but this is not happening. We want to eradicate liquor evil from state. We want better sovereign system in our country into matter like this," he added.
Slamming Chandy's comments, Rohatgi said, "what is the big fuss about appearing in private matter when I had already taken permission of Law Ministry to do so. What is the Kerala CM afraid Of?"
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