KOCHI: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala has urged the Chief Minister and Finance Minister to put an end to the ‘hide and seek’ regarding the masala bond deal. “It’s not right to run away before revealing the mystery behind the deal. It’s a substandard stand from Thomas Isaac to call me out names such as traitor when I share my concerns as the opposition leader”, Chennithala said.

“Isaac says that I don’t have any knowledge. I am not as knowledgeable as he is. I am an Economics graduate but I don’t have a Ph.D. in ‘coir’. So, Isaac need not teach knowledge. He should change the attitude that only the Finance Minister has knowledge. Isaac is the Finance Minister who imposed the burden of public debt on the public”, Chennithala added.