Friday, August 26, 2011: Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) district unit today stage a secretariat march demanding Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s resignation in connection with the Palmolein case. The protest march which began from Ashan Square at 11 am was inaugurated by CPM district secretary Kadakampally Surendran.
Chandy was the Finance Minister during the period when Palmolein, an edible oil, was imported from Malaysia. A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) found that the deal caused a loss of Rs. 2.32 crore to the exchequer.
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau filed the chargesheet in the case in 2003 in which the then Chief Minister, the late K Karunakaran, was the prime accused.
Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas, who was the then food secretary, was accused number 8 in the case. The case gained momentum in February this year when the then Food Minister T H Mustafa, an accused in the case, in a petition said that if Chandy was exempted from the case, he too should be discharged.
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