Kozhikode: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday said he would move the Election Commission seeking action against opposition leader V S Achuthanandan for levelling "blatantly false charges" against him and some of his ministers.
The Chief Minister also said that if Achuthanandan does not retract his charges within two days, he would launch legal proceedings. The charges would not only affect him, but the prospects of the other 139 UDF nominees, he said.
"I will approach the Election Commission in two days in this regard. These blatantly false charges (by Achuthanandan) were raised many times in the past. It will not only affect me but the prospects of other 139 UDF nominees."
The CM said he did not deem it fit to reply to Achuthanandan's queries.
"The official documents will themselves answer the questions posed by him (Achuthanandan)", he said.
Achuthanandan, in his Facebook post, had attacked Chandy saying he has only questions, no answers.
"Chandy expects me to answer his questions,but the Chief Minister is running away from my questions," he had said.
Chandy was speaking to reporters at the "Kerala Sabha-2016" programme at the Press Club here today. Chandy on Sunday demanded that the CPI(M) veteran stop his "lie campaign" and apologise or face legal action.
He had said that Achuthanandan was using the election to spread "blatant lies" like saying there are 31 cases pending against him in the apex court and 136 corruption cases against 18 UDF ministers, when the truth was there was not even one.
Chandy had demanded that the opposition leader make it clear immediately which were the cases pending against him and his cabinet colleagues and give an apology and that he would launch legal proceedings against him.
