THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan has taken a dig at Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson, saying that he has once again proved that a person need not be well-informed or wise just because he is well-educated.
The Opposition leader was responding to Jiji Thomson’s statement that VS remark that Chief Secretary’s official under construction would outshine even the Cliff House - was total nonsense.
“The chief secretary should at least be ready to read circulars issued by his predecessors on how to behave with MPs and MLAs. Jiji Thomson is a person who during the initial days of his official service had learnt the lessons of corruption and fraud. He also has the tradition of fighting cases like Palmolive case. So, there is nothing surprising if such a person uses any opportunity he gets to indulge in corruption and overspending ,” VS says in his statement.
He asks the chief minister also what he has to say about the chief secretary’s statements. “I had just said that the government’s move to build second official residence for the chief secretary when the government was reeling under financial crunch was a blunder. I ask whether Oommen Chandy also accepts Jiji Thomson’s statement issued by breaching all protocols”.
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