VS demands Manis resignation

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan said here on Monday that the LDF was rejecting the budget as it had beenleaked before being presented in the Assembly. Addressing a news conference along with legislative party leaders of the LDF constituents, he said Finance Minister K M Mani had no moral right to continue as  minister as it was against the constitutional principles to leak the contents of the budget.“It is an invalid budget which the Finance Minister has presented and we are rejecting it. The Finance Minister should resign and a new budget should be presented,’’ he said.