Congress legislator Mathew Kuzhalnadan on February 27 (Monday) sought to put the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala in the dock for big-ticket corruption by accusing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of permitting a Kochi-based mining firm to quarry mineral-rich sand at throwaway prices from the expansive backwater channel leading to the spillway at Thottapally in Alappuzha district. At a press conference here, Mr. Kuzhalnadan said Mr. Vijayan’s largesse to the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) in 2020 cost the public exchequer ₹40,000 crore by a conservative estimate….