Achuthanandan demands white paper on Vizhinjam

Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) leader V S Achutanandan on Monday alleged corruption in the award of contract of the Rs 7,525 crore Vizhinjam deep sea International Transshipment project to the Adani group and demanded that a white paper be tabled in the Assembly.

There was something mysterious about the agreement for the project which was signed during the Congress led UDF government headed by Oommen Chandy, Achuthanandan said.

Taking up the issue in the assembly as a submission, Achuthanandan said LDF government cannot ignore the the alleged wrong doing under the cover of continuation of governance.

The Chandy government had signed the project for the rs 7525 crore project and Rs 5273 crore was to have been contributed by the state government as per the agreement.

Replying to the submission, Ports minister Kadanappally Ramachandran said the issue would be discussed at the government level before furnishing a answer in the House.

The Gautam Adani-led Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone had signed the agreement in December 2015 to build the port, which will be a trans-shipment terminal.