Summary:
The bribery charge against Kerala BJP leaders rocked the Lok Sabha on Thursday after CPM and Congress MPs from the state raised the issue. By attracting graft charges, he has marred the party's anti-corruption image'', Kummanam said in a statement released to media on Thursday evening. State police chief Loknath Behera, who also holds the charge of vigilance director, ordered the inquiry on the basis of a complaint from CPM leader A J Sukarno. Kerala BJP's state committee meeting on Saturday in Thiruvananthapuram is expected to take stern action against those responsible for the leak.Meanwhile, a vigilance probe has been ordered into graft allegations raised over the MCI approval for a medical college in Varkala. Kummanam also appealed to the BJP central leadership to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the allegations.Vinod, along with a couple of party accomplices, was accused of taking Rs 5.6 crore as bribe to pull strings in Delhi and obtain MCI recognition for the medical college..