THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP has come out against the government for handing over the production responsibility of its weekly debate programme, ‘Nam Munnottu’, to the party channel.

BJP MP V Muraleedharan alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was changing the State government into a subsidiary institution of the CPM. “The CM’s efforts to relocate the government not only to AKG centre but also to the party channel is condemnable”.

“Nam Munnottu programme is being done with the help of C-DIT with an IAS officer as its producer. The government mechanism is used for this. The PRD and its facilities are behind the production.

As part of the programme, even sensitive secret government documents will have to be checked as part of the programme.
By handing over these documents to the CPM channel, it will get an opportunity to utilise all facilities of the government,” Muraleedharan alleged.

The MP said the above move would set a wrong precedence. “Now, if the UDF government comes to power next time, it will change the channel into a Congress channel. The government has found out this new means to misuse government facilities and commit corruption. The decision should be withdrawn immediately,” he demanded.