Leader of the Opposition, Kerala and CPIM CC member V.S. Achuthanandan has said
that Chief Minister Oommen Chandy is accountable for the involvement of
his office in the solar panel scandal. Reiterating
the demand for the resignation of the Chief Minister and a judicial
inquiry into the scandal on Sunday, Mr. Achuthanandan said that
evidence pointed to the involvement of Mr. Chandy also in the scandal.
Saritha
S. Nair, accused of swindling people by promising solar power units,
had told the police that the Chief Minister had given her a
recommendatory letter asking various government departments to help her
with the projects. Mr. Achuthandnan said the UDF government, which was
involved in corruption and sex rackets, had now emerged as organisers
and aides of swindlers. Besides the personal staff of Mr. Chandy,
Ministers were also allegedly involved in con operations by Saritha and
her live-in partner Biju Radhakrishnan.
The Chief
Minister should disclose the connection of his personal staff and
Ministers with the accused and how they came to misuse their powers and
influence when the Chief Minister’s office was claimed to be transparent
in its dealings.
Biju Radhakrishnan was absconding
in the case related to the murder of his first wife, according to the
police. However, the Chief Minister had held closed door conversations
with him for an hour in Ernakulam Government Guest House, according to
M.I. Shanavas, MP, who had arranged the meeting. An explanation was also
due from Mr. Chandy as to how Saritha could meet him at Vignan Bhavan
in Delhi despite high security at the buildings. Mr. Achuthanandan
demanded that the source of income of Thomas Kuruvila, aide of the Chief
Minister in Delhi, should also be probed. He had stayed at Kerala House
in Delhi on seven occasions when the Chief Minister was there. He
alleged that Ministers Arayadan Mohammed, K.C. Joseph, K.P. Mohahan, and
M.K. Muneer and former Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar had links with
Saritha and her company besides Union Minister of State K.C. Venugopal.
(courtesy : The Hindu)
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