Justice Sivarajan's Solar Commission report was tabled in the Assembly by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Consequently, the usual mudslinging and slug fest have begun. It's amply clear that there is a concerted effort to write Oommen Chandy's political obituary. The report raises serious questions like:-
(a) It has skirted two important issues given in its terms of reference viz.:-
(i) The resultant loss to the state exchequer.
(ii) As to whether the then UDF government did anything to help 'Team Solar' of Saritha Nair
and Biju Radhakrishnan.
(b) It has relied heavily on Saritha's statements and come to the conclusion that:-
(i) Oommen Chandy had received a bribe of Rs.2.16 crores from Team Solar.
(ii) He had received sexual favours from Saritha Nair.
Two questions linger at this point of time viz. :-
(i) The involvement of KB Ganesh Kumar in this sordid case has been glossed over. Is it
because he's part of the LDF, these days?
(ii) The jumping to conjectures by the Commission on the basis of mere allegations by Saritha
Nair, who'd kept changing her statements and even refused to arrive before the Commission
on several occasions.
And did the Commission come around to its conclusions due to a change in government? Why I'm asking this question is that Oommen Chandy could not have appointed the Commission, anticipating the present train of events had he been in the wrong because he would have done everything to cover up and perhaps, ensured that the Commission's findings were put up before the term of his government came to an end.
Sad that political jealousy and one upmanship can come to such a sorry pass! Here's wishing Oommen Chandy the best in his endeavour to clear his name.
Tailpiece.
Thankfully, the evening was clear of rain and I walked towards the temple for the following:-
(a) Buy Lekha's eye gel from the Medicare and
(b) Pay obeisance to Guruvayurappan after what seemed to be a long time.
(a) It has skirted two important issues given in its terms of reference viz.:-
(i) The resultant loss to the state exchequer.
(ii) As to whether the then UDF government did anything to help 'Team Solar' of Saritha Nair
and Biju Radhakrishnan.
(b) It has relied heavily on Saritha's statements and come to the conclusion that:-
(i) Oommen Chandy had received a bribe of Rs.2.16 crores from Team Solar.
(ii) He had received sexual favours from Saritha Nair.
Two questions linger at this point of time viz. :-
(i) The involvement of KB Ganesh Kumar in this sordid case has been glossed over. Is it
because he's part of the LDF, these days?
(ii) The jumping to conjectures by the Commission on the basis of mere allegations by Saritha
Nair, who'd kept changing her statements and even refused to arrive before the Commission
on several occasions.
And did the Commission come around to its conclusions due to a change in government? Why I'm asking this question is that Oommen Chandy could not have appointed the Commission, anticipating the present train of events had he been in the wrong because he would have done everything to cover up and perhaps, ensured that the Commission's findings were put up before the term of his government came to an end.
Sad that political jealousy and one upmanship can come to such a sorry pass! Here's wishing Oommen Chandy the best in his endeavour to clear his name.
Tailpiece.
Thankfully, the evening was clear of rain and I walked towards the temple for the following:-
(a) Buy Lekha's eye gel from the Medicare and
(b) Pay obeisance to Guruvayurappan after what seemed to be a long time.
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