The minister said all the police stations in the state would be converted into jana seva kendras. “People who approach the stations will be greeted with good morning (greeting). The complaints will be heard. There would be a change in the approach of police in all stations. The present system of inspectors as SHOs will be reviewed,’’ he said.

Last year, as an Opposition legislator, Chennithala had undertaken a statewide campaign against drugs, dubbed as “walk against drugs”. While serving as the Home Minister in the previous Oommen Chandy government from 2014 to 2016, Chennithala had undertaken a drive ‘Operation Kubera’ against illegal money lending firms.

Referring to the probe against the personal security staff of former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Chennithala said stern action will be taken once the special investigation team presents its report. One of the first decisions of the V D Satheesan government was to order reinvestigation into the 2024 attack on Youth Congress leaders who had raised black flags against Vijayan Cabinet’s political tour. Vijayan’s personal security officers had allegedly tortured Youth Congress leaders in Alappuzha. Vijayan had then dubbed it “rescue mission”. A court in 2025 ordered a reinvestigation into the attack on the YC leaders, including newly elected Alappuzha legislator A D Thomas.  As the previous government did not act upon the court directive, Satheesan reopened the case.