Kerala Lok Ayukta rejects plea alleging misuse of CMDRF Subject: Polity Section: National body Context: The Kerala Lok Ayukta on Monday dismissed a plea alleging that the previous  LDF government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had misused the Chief  Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) to illegally gratify the next of kin of two late political allies and a deceased bodyguard of a departed ruling party leader. What is Lokayukta? The Lokayukta is the Indian Parliamentary Ombudsman, executed into power, through and for, each of the State Governments of India. It is an anti-corruption authority. The […]