Kerala’s Congress Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday admitted that he had indeed met con woman Saritha S Nair, one of the main perpetrators of the infamous solar scam over which the Opposition had been seeking his resignation.
Hid admission followed the appearance in the media of a photograph showing Saritha Nair as whispering something in his ears during a public programme held last year at Kadaplamattam in Kottayam, his home district.
Chandy had so far held that he had never met Saritha, a claim he had made even on the floor of the State Assembly. Speaking to newsmen on Monday evening, he said he had in July quoted Congress workers as telling him that Saritha had participated in a programme at Kadaplamattam in January, 2012 which he had inaugurated.