AI camera row: Kerala Congress call it a massive scam

The Congress and the party-led opposition UDF bloc on Wednesday stepped up their attack on the ruling Left front in Kerala over the Artificial Intelligence (AI) camera issue by terming it as a "massive scam" and questioning whether the LDF government has the "spine" to honestly investigate it. Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly V D Satheesan and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran alleged that the AI camera project was a huge scam for which the way was paved by the state government and Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (Keltron).

Sudhakaran,  said the only solution to the problem was carrying out an honest and proper investigation and placing the findings before the public. speaking to reporters at Kannur. He added that the Congress was examining legal remedies to the problem. Satheesan said there was a major conspiracy behind preparing a huge estimate of Rs 232 crore for carrying out the project when it could have been implemented much lesser in Rs 70 to Rs 80 crore. The Opposition leader said the huge estimate given by Keltron was an indication that the government was aware of the intended corruption and allowed it to happen. Both Congress leaders also claimed that the corruption in the particular matter has reached the doorstep of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as one of his relatives was involved in it.