Clear 'mystery' over withdrawal of secretaraiat siege: BJP

KOZHIKODE: BJP on Friday demanded that the CPI(M) led LDF opposition clarify the 'mystery' surrounding its sudden withdrawal of the two-day secretariat siege stir, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with regard to the Solar scam.

Speaking to reporters here, V Muraleedharan, State BJP President said there is a confusion among people on calling off of the stir within just 30 hours of its start.hence it was CPI-M's responsibility to clear the mystery over the issue.

The CPI(M) should clarify whether the agitation was called off due to its organisational failure, he said.

Muraleedharan said if Government Chief whip P C George's statement that mediators to settle the stir had 'cheated' LDF and ruling United Democratic Front was true, then details of the mediation should be made public.

The BJP leader alleged that CPI(M) had withdrawn the stir without even consulting the front's constituent partners.

To a query, he said BJP had not gone back from agitation on the solar panel scam issue.

On August 23, the party would organise a march to all District Collectorates as part of its protest on the solar scam issue, he said.

The scam pertains to financial cheating of several people by the accused Biju Radhakrishnan and Saritha Nair, both under arrest, by offering clients solar energy solutions.The accused allegedly flaunted their clout with the CM's office for duping unsuspecting clients of huge sums.