Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V.M. Sudheeran on Monday demanded that a Vigilance commission be constituted in the State to ensure impartial probes into corruption cases.
He was speaking after inaugurating a demonstration taken out to the Assembly, under the aegis of the District Congress Committee (DCC), to demand a probe into the role of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the appointment row.
Mr. Sudheeran said that a transparent and impartial probe into the allegations of corruption and nepotism in the appointments could not be expected from the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau whose Director itself faced allegations of graft.
“Under the present circumstances, only an independent mechanism such as a Vigilance commission would be able to bring out the truth in the issue. Moreover, the Chief Minister must be willing to divulge the documents relating to the controversial appointments,” he said.
He added that the appointments to public sector undertakings could never be conducted without the knowledge and backing of Mr. Vijayan and the CPI(M) leadership.
‘A failure’
He was also critical of the alleged failure of the State government in preventing crimes relating to political rivalry that have occurred in the recent times.
Terming the Home Department a ‘total failure,’ Mr. Sudheeran accused both the CPI (M) and the BJP of indulging in politics of violence and murder.
