Kerala Transport Minister Thomas Chandy, who is facing encroachment allegations, Wednesday resigned from the CPI(M)-led LDF government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan. The resignation comes a day after the Kerala High Court dismissed Chandy's petition challenging a report of the Alappuzha district collector on alleged encroachments by a company in which he has a stake.
This is the third minister in the Vijayan cabinet to resign after the LDF government came to power in May 2016. Earlier, A K Saseendran of the NCP had resigned after a sleaze audio clip with a woman went viral and E P Jayarajan (CPI-M) quit on nepotism charges. Chandy, a three-time MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), had been inducted into the cabinet 8 months ago following the resignation of A K Saseendran.

Kerala Transport Minister Thomas Chandy, who is facing encroachment allegations, Wednesday resigned from the CPI(M)-led LDF government headed by Pinarayi Vijayan. The resignation comes a day after the Kerala High Court dismissed Chandy's petition challenging a report of the Alappuzha district collector on alleged encroachments by a company in which he has a stake.
This is the third minister in the Vijayan cabinet to resign after the LDF government came to power in May 2016. Earlier, A K Saseendran of the NCP had resigned after a sleaze audio clip with a woman went viral and E P Jayarajan (CPI-M) quit on nepotism charges. Chandy, a three-time MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), had been inducted into the cabinet 8 months ago following the resignation of A K Saseendran.