CPI(M) files complaint against Twenty20’s Street Light Challenge
The Hindu
Contributions accepted from public without obtaining permission from govt. alleges MLA
The CPI(M) has come down on the Street Light Challenge thrown down by Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam in the five panchayats of Vengola, Kizhakkambalam, Aikaranad, Mazhuvannur, and Kunnathunad.
The local unit of the party has formally filed a complaint against the latest Twenty20 venture before the Kizhakkambalam police and the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). It described the Street Light Challenge, in which people are asked to sponsor a street light each by contributing ₹2,500, as illegal. The party said it was a case of Twenty20 chief coordinator and Kitex Garments managing director Sabu M. Jacob trying to defraud people.
However, a spokesperson for Kitex Group denied the charges, saying that the Street Light Challenge was transparent, and that the money was being deposited in an account that was audited. The Challenge asked contributors to remit the money to the Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam Association account.