Chandy takes a dig at Chennithala

In an apparent dig at Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, whose purported letter to Congress high command had created a controversy, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said it was the people who evaluate the performance of a government and not an individual.
"It is the people who judge the functioning of a government. If an individual evaluates the government's performance at his personal level, that is not proper", Chandy told reporters here.
Chandy was responding to the controversy over the recent letter purportedly written by Chennithala to the Congress high command pointing to the "poor" performance of the government and party during the civic polls and BJP's emergence as a force in the state.

"I have not seen the purported letter sent by Home minister. Chennithala has also denied having sent such a letter. Just because television channels have reported about the contents of the letter, can an inquiry be ordered?, he asked.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is visiting the state on December 30 will meet leaders of the coalition partners also, Chandy said.
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Meanwhile, Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan hit out at
Chandy, saying he had not spoken the truth before the judicial commission.
"If he (Chandy) had spoken the truth, why was he not ready to take the polygraph test," he told reporters at Thiruvanthapuram.