Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10: The Congress-led UDF opposition on Sunday demanded a probe to find out who was behind the alleged conspiracy to implicate late Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in a sexual exploitation case in connection with the solar scam.
The demand by the UDF came as the CBI, which is probing the matter, has reportedly said that some political leaders were behind the accusations against Chandy that were made by a woman who is the prime accused in the sensational solar scam.
In a report tabled before a magisterial court here, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly named the political leaders who were allegedly behind the conspiracy to implicate Chandy in the case.
Following the development, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan demanded that those found by the CBI to have conspired against the late Congress leader be brought to justice.
Satheesan, in a statement, said the late Congress stalwart was hunted and his reputation maligned by his political opponents, and that the CBI report saying there was a conspiracy to implicate him in the case is an answer to all those who targeted Chandy.
He also alleged that the conspiracy was hatched with an intention to topple the then UDF government in the state.
Satheesan said that as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had ordered the CBI probe, he cannot avoid the responsibility of the conspiracy.
Speaking along similar lines, Congress MP K Muraleedharan said the party was waiting for the entire report to be made public and to know the views of the court before which it was tabled.
“At the same time the party wants a fair and unbiased investigation into the conspiracy to implicate Oommen Chandy in the case,” Muraleedharan, the former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and the son of legendary Congress leader K Karunakaran, told reporters.It was a conspiracy to topple the then UDF government by making allegations against Chandy, he claimed and further alleged that “there is no doubt that the current Kerala Chief Minister has a role in it”. (PTI)
