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Action against UDF motivated: Oommen Chandy
Congress leader and former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday defended two of his Cabinet colleagues in the previous led UDF ministry against whom bribery charges were levelled in the bar scam, saying these are politically motivated and the party will face it legally.
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“We will legally face the government that acts politically,” he said in a Facebook Post. “Former ministers K Babu and KM Mani, Chief of Kerala Congress(M) had provided a clear reply for the allegations raised in the FRI registered against them,” he said. The effort to trap Mani in the case again and raid the house of Congress leader Babu, was with political motives and would backfire at the LDF government, he said.
Land deal by suspected benami of Babu surfaces
An investigation by the special cell of the Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau (VACB) has unearthed documents related to land deals allegedly by a suspected benami of former Kerala Excise Minister K Babu. VACB officials on Monday said one Baburam had effected 27 land deals worth crores of rupees between 2011 and 2016 when Babu, a senior Congress leader, was a Minister in the Congress-led UDF government.
Another quick verification against Mani
The Vigilance and anti-corruption bureau noose around Kerala Congress (M) leader and former state Finance Minister KM Mani seems to be tightening further with a special court on Monday ordering a quick verification on charges of corruption in the conduct of a mass marriage ceremony by his party in October 2014.
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