Thiruvananthapuram: Breaking its silence over appointment of relatives of ministers to plum posts in PSUs, CPI, a key partner in the CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala, today said such acts amounted to “injustice” and “crime” towards the unemployed youth in the state.
In a hard-hitting editorial in ‘Janayugam’, the party mouthpiece, the CPI said attempts to justify one’s “own actions” by lining up corruption stories of political opponents, would not stand before the public.
What makes the left front distinct among the “complexities of bourgeoisie democracy, is the high ethics maintained by its leaders and party workers and no action tarnishing this can be accepted,” it said.
“Nepotism is undoubtedly corruption. A facelift explanation cannot justify it,” the editorial said, indicating the party’s displeasure over the raging row.
“This nepotism and the appointments through it are inexpiable crime and injustice before the large sect of highly qualified but unemployed youth,” it said.
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