The Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V.S. Achuthanandan, has alleged that two Ministers of the Cabinet sub-committee to examine the Sandal Ordinance given assent by the President have direct or indirect connections with certain illicit sandal oil factories in Palakkad and Kasaragod. Addressing a press conference after visiting three sandal oil extraction factories in the Walayar and Chittur areas of Palakkad district, Mr Achuthanandan said the UDF government was trying to sabotage the Sandal Ordinance brought in by the previous LDF Government, which had received the President's assent.