PALAKKAD: Union Minister and BJP national president J P Nadda on Sunday alleged that the Kerala government delayed publishing the Justice Hema Committee report and initiating action based on the report because “their own people are involved” in the sexual harassment controversies that have rocked the Malayalam film industry and state politics.
Nadda was addressing an interactive programme titled Moments with Naddaji, organised by the BJP state leadership and attended by eminent personalities from Palakkad. Nadda is in Palakkad to attend RSS’ three-day annual Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak, organised for the first time in Kerala, which culminates on Monday.
“Why there is delay in (release of) Justice Hema Committee report? What is stopping the Kerala government? What is haunting you? Because you are part and parcel of that. It is something you want to hide because your people are involved,” Nadda said at the interactive session.
He accused Kerala of having become a land of corruption, citing the Karuvannur cooperative bank scam as an example. “Even the chief minister’s office is not immune from corruption and the Kerala government is playing hide-and-seek in the Justice Hema Committee report,” alleged Nadda.