THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rejimon Kuttappan, an independent journalist and defender of the rights of migrant workers, pointed out that even during the Covid period, a special allowance was issued to the members of the Kozhikode Zamorin royal family. He also wrote on Facebook that crores of rupees had been allotted to members of the royal family during the Covid period but that the government had given us ration rice and peas and locked us during lockdown.