By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Sunday asked the media to see that they act in a more responsible manner, especially when they report news that could turn controversial.
He advised the media to take into account all versions. The chief minister made this statement following a TV channel news report that claimed that two members of the chief minister’s staff were transferred, after it was found that they were involved in corrupt dealings which were captured on a close-circuit TV camera within the state secretariat.
“The report was totally wrong, the transfer was part of routine procedure. One of the members of my personal staff was a chronic latecomer, and he had been warned against dereliction of duty. He continued his late-coming despite repeated warnings, and he was transferred. The other person that the report spoke of was not a staff member, and had worked in the computer cell of the general administration department. His was a routine transfer,” the chief minister clarified at a press conference Sunday.
“Since there was no complaint about the transfers, it would be a waste of time to examine the visuals. But if any of you wishes to examine the visuals to unearth wrongdoing, please come along. We will sit to together and watch what the camera captured,” the chief minister said, as media people listened, baffled.