The Kerala State secretariat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to step down from office if he had the slightest respect for law and justice.
In a statement here on Tuesday, the party's State secretariat said that a just and independent reinvestigation into the palmolein case would not be possible when Mr. Chandy occupied the position of the Chief Minister. His decision to give up the Vigilance portfolio would not solve the problem. In fact, his decision itself was proof of the fact that even the Chief Minister was aware of the seriousness and importance of the court order in the case.
The Vigilance Court had ordered the reinvestigation spelling out instances pointing to the role of Mr. Chandy in the palmolein deal as the then Finance Minister. The Chief Minister's decision to hand over the Vigilance portfolio to his most trusted Cabinet colleague was not sufficient to address the present crisis. The Chief Minister wielded power over all the departments and could intervene in matters that come under any State department, he said.
(Courtesy : The Hindu, Deshabhimani)
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