India
oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P
Kozhikode, Mar 25: The Congress on Thursday alleged that the involvement of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office in the deep sea fishing contract between the state government and a US-based firm was exposed now and attempts by him to absolve from its responsibility has “miserably failed”.
However, Vijayan refuted the allegation and said there is a conspiracy to target the Chief Minister’s office in the matter. Chennithala’s attack on the chief minister came at a press conference here in response to a channel report that showcased “proof” about the knowledge and involvement of the Chief Minister and his office in the controversial project.
“There is ample evidence to substantiate that the Chief Minister was well aware of the project and all details about the controversial proposal submitted by the US-based firm which mooted the project for deep sea fishing in Kerala…