Wednesday, May 11, 2011: Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan today dismissed as “baseless” the charges levelled by Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy in connection with the land allotment to a relative of VS. Speaking to the reporters here on Wednesday, CM added that there was nothing ‘out of the way’ in the land allotment.Briefing reporters at the last cabinet meet of the LDF Government, VS Chandy was trying to tarnish his image by raising unnecessary allegations. Land was allotted to my relative T K Soman, an ex-serviceman by the land assessment committee as per the rule brought by A K Antony when he was the chief minister in 1977.
Chandy had earlier sought a vigilance probe into the alleged allotment of land. Talking to reporters here, Chandy alleged that 2.33 acres of land in the northern Kasargod district was given to Soman, an ex-serviceman, at below the market value.
The land was allotted in 2010, with a rider that it could not be sold for 25 years. But this condition was waived, he alleged.
Chandy said he had written a letter to the Chief Minister in connection with this. In the letter, he had demanded to freeze all the dealing pertaining to the land at the earliest, he added.
