THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that wrong things that should not have happened in the cooperative sector has happened in an institution, but the stance of the ED who came to investigate was to protect the first accused. The Chief Minister's criticism was without mentioning the name of Karuvannur Cooperative Bank.

What is the purpose of making the person, who should be the first defendant who has interfered in a way that damages the credibility of the organization, an approver? Who is trying to be saved by making the wrongdoer an approver? The aim of the ED is to get the tools from him for defaming some people politically. The Chief Minister was inaugurating the 9th Cooperative Congress organized by the State Cooperative Union and the Cooperative Department at Kanakakunnu.

Human greed leads to corruption. Many people in the society are very greedy. The credibility of the cooperative sector in Kerala should not be compromised. Such isolated incidents are a vicious trend in isolated places while growing and moving forward. Since everything is done collectively in the cooperative sector, it is not possible to commit corruption personally. However, after a long period of time, some people fall prey to evil tendencies.

There will be no protection from the department or the government for whoever the corrupt one is. The position of punishing the wrongdoers and protecting the cooperative will continue. Unified software is being developed for primary cooperatives.

Minister VN Vasavan presided. Minister KN Balagopal, MLAs Kadakampally Surendran and V Joy, Chairman Co-operative Union Koliyakode N Krishnan Nair, Kerala Bank President Gopi Kottamurikkal, Secretary Co-operative Department Mini Antony, Registrar TV Subhash, Co-operative Union AD Registrar Secretary Glady John Puthur and others spoke.