Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday criticised the Kerala government's PRD for placing advertisements in leading English and Malayalam newspapers highlighting alleged shortcomings during the Oommen Chandy administration.
Chennithala argued that using public funds to issue such advertisements, which "hide the positive aspects of the Oommen Chandy government and spread misinformation," is an abuse of power and an extravagance by the public relations department (PRD).
The senior Congress leader further stated that the PRD was using taxpayer money to run election-related campaigns and warned that none of the officials involved would receive a pension.
"They (PRD) are wasting public money to help the CPI(M) and LDF in the upcoming elections. This should never have happened. We will take strict legal action against it," he said.
He also stated that the PRD is expected to be impartial, and therefore, it should have also mentioned the allegations of corruption against the first Pinarayi Vijayan government in the advertisements issued by it.
