Payyannoor: CPM leader VS Achuthanandan, against whom an FIR has been filed in a case relating to charges of irregularities in a land allotment case, on Sunday demanded vigilance probe against Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy for alleged corruption and nepotism.
Addressing a public meeting at the conclusion of the three-day Kannur district CPM conference in Payyannoor, Achuthanandan alleged that Chandy had "gone out of his way" to favour a COFEPOSA-accused, who was charged by the Revenue Intelligence with smuggling luxury cars into the country.
He also demanded that Chandy order an inquiry to unearth the buyers and users of these cars. "Will Chandy order a vigilance probe into the case," he asked.
Replying to Chandy's demand to disclose whether ex- serviceman TK Soman, to whom he allotted land during his chief ministership, was his relative, Achuthanandan said he was indeed his relative.
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau had on Friday filed an FIR against the CPM veteran and seven others in a case relating to alleged irregularities in assigning 2.33 acres of land to ex-service man Soman at the fag-end of the previous LDF rule.
Detailing the land allotment issue, Achuthanandan said Soman had got the land not because he was his relative. Soman, who had retired from the defence service more than 35 years ago, had applied in 1977 for government assistance for a plot of land as per norms for landless defence personnel, he said.
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