Kuwait based businessman Thomas Chandy quits as Kerala minister

IIK Staff Reporter

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Battling land grab charges, Thomas Chandy on Wednesday resigned as the Kerala Transport Minister. Chandy submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan through NCP leader T.P. Peethamabaran.

Kuwait based business man Thomas Chandy was the transport minister in Kerala cabinet. The resignation came after the Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed Chandy's petition against the District Collector's report in Lake Palace Resort row and said that the minister should step down before approaching the court.

Kerala High Court earlier dismissed a petition by state Transport Minister Thomas Chandy for quashing the Alappuzha district collector's report which alleged large-scale land grab by him to build a plush resort.

The division bench of the court of Justice P.N. Ravindran and Justice Devan Ramachandran came down heavily on Chandy and observed that it was very strange what a state Minister has filed a petition against the state government "which questions the failure of the collective responsibility of the cabinet".

Thomas Chandy, who came to Kuwait as an NRI around 40 years back is now the Chairman of United Indian School Abbasiya and Indian Public School, Salmiya. Hi-Dine Supermarket, Hot breads are few of his other business activities in Kuwait. He also owns an school in Saudi Arabia and a resort back in Kerala. Large number of Indians is working under his various business units in Kuwait.

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