Pinarayi Vijayan and Chandy same when it comes to corruption: BJP

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Taking on the traditional rivals, the Kerala BJP state president K. Surendran on Sunday said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his predecessor Oommen Chandy are the same when it comes to corruption.

“With the Sprinklr data scam now coming out, Vijayan’s office is working in the same way as what happened when Congress leader Oommen Chandy was the CM. It’s corruption that’s happening form the family and their offices,” said Surendran while speaking to the media. He demanded a CBI probe into this data scam.

It was the Congress, which brought out the now raging data scam with regard to the transfer of Covid-19 suspects to a US-based PR and marketing firm Sprinklr.

The IT department is headed by Vijayan and the IT secretary M. Sivasankar is also the secretary to Vijayan. “What Sivasankar said yesterday is a lie. Vijayan should now come clean on this data controversy,” added Surendran.

Sivasankar on Saturday was seen running to various TV channels to give interviews where he took the entire responsibility on himself about the data transfer to the US firm and said it was his call.

Meanwhile, State Law Minister A.K. Balan came down strongly on the opposition and accused it of trying to destroy the image of Vijayan. (IANS)

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