WikiLeaks: Talks with US consulate officials

PALAKKAD: KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala has said the transcripts which appeared in WikiLeaks relating to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and him meeting the officials of  the US consulate on the Middle East issue were true and was  very much in line with the stand of the Congress. Chennithala told reporters here on Saturday that they had   expressed their reservations on ‘outside interference’ in the Iran issue. “We had stated that a large number of Malayalis were working in the Middle East and the instability would affect them”, he said. On Muneer’s statement with regard to Kunhalikutty,  Chennithala said this should be asked to Muneer.Ramesh Chennithala said he did not consider the employees of  the US consulates as spies. The KPCC president added that the Wikileaks episode had exposed the true face of the CPM. “It has been proved that the CPM’s anti-US stance was only for public consumption”, he said.Ice Cream Parlour Issue Ramesh Chennithala said that Opposition leader V S    Achuthanandan was indulging in a witch hunt in the ice cream parlour case against Kunhalikutty. “Achuthanandan was behaving like a litigant in the case. Kunhalikutty’s name was  cleared by the Supreme Court. Achuthanandan was the Chief  Minister of the state for the last five years and he was in  power even after Rauf’s revelations”, he said.Chennithala refused to disclose the action which would be  taken against the Congressmen involved in the Kannur incident  “Indiscipline in the party will not be tolerated. The KPCC has taken the issue seriously and will take action against the guilty,” he said. He said Oommen Chandy and Revenue Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan had made it clear that they were yet to take a final decision on the Suzlon issue.