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Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, facing heat over the links of his office staff with a woman arrested in a cheating case, got a further jolt with opposition leader V S Achuthanandan yesterday demanding that he step down and order a judicial probe.
“His government has turned into a company that supports frauds, cheats and womanisers. Has there been a chief minister in Kerala like Chandy? It’s a shame... he has to order a judicial probe and quit office.
“He can’t escape by putting the onus of the present fraud on his staff members. We are going to raise this again and again in the assembly tomorrow onwards,” Achuthanandan said.
The woman, Saritha Nair and her former live-in partner Biju Radhakrishnan, had formed a company that was engaged in setting up solar panels at offices and homes. They collected millions of rupees from influential people in the state.
Trouble started for Chandy after Nair was arrested on June and a few days later a TV channel came out with a list of calls made by Nair, which showed she had maintained close links with the office of Chandy, especially his personal staff members.
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