Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy deposed before the judicial commission probing the solar panel scam for 14 hours on Tuesday, during which he asserted there was no need for him to undergo lie-detector test as he has done “nothing wrong”.
Chandy, who is the first chief minister in Kerala to appear before a judicial commission, told the commission that the charges against him and his office were “politically motivated”.
What is the need for that? (lie detector test). I have not done anything wrong. None has doubts that I have done anything wrong.
Chandy’s deposition went on for 14 hours after it commenced at 11 AM on Monday and concluded at 1 AM on Tuesday, an official said today.
The commission was on its final stage of evidence taking on the scam that broke out in 2013 and caused a huge embarrassment to the Congress-led UDF government.
The Kochi-based commission held the sitting at government guest house in Thiruvananthapuram to enable Chandy depose as per his earlier request.
Rejecting charges that he and his office had helped Team Solar Company that committed the fraud, Chandy had said that after the scam broke out, the government had taken steps to bring the alleged ‘fraudsters’ -- Biju Radhakrishnan and Saritha S Nair -- before law.
Chandy had said that his government had ensured punishment to the fraudsters who were committing the crime since 2005 and that the conviction and sentence of the accused clearly showed his government’s commitment towards the scam, he added.
Chandy had also hit out at the opposition, saying they had so far not brought before the commission a single shred of proof to support their charges that he and his office had helped the Team Solar Company.
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