Kochi: Even as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his party continue to remain silent on transfer of coronavirus data to Sprinklr, a US-based PR and marketing company, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala moved the Kerala High Court, here on Wednesday, demanding cancellation of the contract.

Chennithala has also demanded that all those whose data had been transferred should be compensated by the Chief Minister and the IT Secretary.

The petition was filed adding the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, IT Secretary and CEO of Sprinklr as counter parties.

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The High Court is already hearing three such petitions. On Tuesday, the court had slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan government and posted the cases for further hearing on Friday.

Chennithala had earlier alleged a scam of over Rs 200 over in the deal. The Congress had pointed out that Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter's Bengaluru-based IT company had close links with Sprinklr. On Wednesday, Congress legislator Eldos Kunnapally went public by stating that CM's daughter had met Sprinklr CEO Ragi Thomas six times in the US.

Meanwhile, BJP state president K Surendran has also moved HC demanding a Vigilance probe into the deal.

Earlier in the day, CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri told the media in Delhi that since the matter was sub judice, he was unable to speak on it. "Right now, all should concentrate on tackling the pandemic and then will look into other issues," said Yechuri.

(With inputs from IANS)