New Delhi, July 12 - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday said 'there is no change' in his stand on the Rs.374-crore scam in which Communist Party of India-Marxist's(CPI-M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan is an accused.

Achuthanandan, who was removed from the CPI-M's politburo by the central committee in a bid to end the bitter political infighting, has been demanding that Vijayan should step down as the party's top man in Kerala since he has been accused of wrongly awarding a contract to the Canadian company SNC Lavalin.

'I approve of the decision taken by the central committee,' Achuthanandan told reporters here before leaving for Kerala.

He, however, refused to comment whether he will continue as the chief minister after the rebuke by the party central committee.

Asked if he has anything to say to the people of Kerala, Achuthanandan replied: 'Nothing.