Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has accused Chief Minister Oommen Chandy of protecting Finance Minister K.M. Mani who faces the charge of having accepted bribe from bar owners.
Inaugurating an Assembly march organised by the DYFI here on Monday, Mr. Vijayan said there would have to be stronger agitations to force Mr. Mani to quit.
The entire UDF government was steeped in corruption with the Chief Minister himself facing serious corruption charges. The corrupt in the government were helping each other, he alleged.