Kerala Government appoints CK Vineeth in state post

Bengaluru, August 3: The Kerala Government on Thursday (August 3) decided to appoint footballer C K Vineeth in a state government post on par with the Secretariat Assistant.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced this decision on his official twitter handle.

Vineeth was removed from the Central Government service for irregular attendance. He was an employee of the Accountant General's office.

Kerala Cabinet decided to offer state govt job to footballer @ckvineeth who was removed from central govt service for irregular attendance. pic.twitter.com/5TDVgYDuis

— Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) August 3, 2017

The Kerala Government had appealed to the Centre to revoke the decision but to no avail.

"His absence and the subsquent irregular attendance was because of training and match schedule," said the Kerala Chief Minister.

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