Alappuzha: PWD Minister G. Sudhakaran has said that he had not put a bar on any minister who had been staying permanently in PWD rest houses. He was responding to the reports that he had locked out room number 1 of the PWD rest house here which was reserved for Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac.
He said he had received many complaints that the common people did not get rooms in the rest house. “Nobody will be accommodated in the rest houses permanently. Rooms will be given to ministers when they arrive at the place. When they become vacant, they will be given to the people,” he said.
Room No. 1 of the rest house here was reserved for Mr Thomas Isaac, local MLA, for years as he owns no home in Alappuzha. Whenever he came to Alappuzha, Mr Isaac chose to stay in the same room. When he was out of station, the room was kept locked and was never given to the public. Recently, Mr Sudhakaran visited the rest house and ordered the authorities to give the room to the public when the minister was not there.
