THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Electricity Minister K Krishnan Kutty said KSEB chairman's Facebook post is not with his knowledge and that the chairman had not said anything wrong about M M Mani. Some things happened without the knowledge of the board in Munnar issue. The chairman just mentioned it. The minister said that he would examine the facts on the things asserted by chairman Ashok and will seek an explanation from him. The land given to Munnar Hydel Tourism is in the possession of many.

The controversy started when KSEB chairman B Ashok came forward with serious allegations against the left union leaders. The criticism was in a post titled ‘The shop has not caught fire; and the locals need not come running’. Former minister M M Mani came forward against it. He said that when he was the minter, the best functioning was seen in the electricity board. Increased power generation and among the Left ministers, he had performed better.

Mani said that he had served for four and a half years. That was the golden age of KSEB. Now it is a situation of police entering the board. On what basis did the board chairman raise the criticism? It should be known whether the chairman's response was with the knowledge of the minister. Will respond on this matter after meeting the chief minister. He responded that he is not going to reply on what all he said.