CPI(M) challenges police probe sought against Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby has criticised the UDF government’s decision to institute a police probe against Pinarayi Vijayan and his relatives at the Enforcement Directorate’s request. Baby said the Congress’s Kerala position conflicted with its stated national opposition to alleged misuse of investigative agencies against non-BJP parties.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has opposed the United Democratic Front government’s decision to institute a police probe against Pinarayi Vijayan and his relatives, The Hindu reports. CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby said the investigation was initiated at the request of the Enforcement Directorate.
The supplied material does not specify the allegations being examined, the identities of the relatives involved or the stage reached by the police inquiry. Baby criticised the Congress’s political position in Kerala. He said it stood in sharp contrast to what he described as the party’s national opposition to the Centre’s alleged misuse of investigative agencies against parties that are not part of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
His comments framed the Kerala decision as inconsistent with the Congress’s wider national position. The available material does not include a response from the Congress, the UDF government, the Enforcement Directorate or Pinarayi Vijayan. The report also does not state whether the probe has resulted in summonses, searches, arrests or charges.
The Hindu’s supplied account is limited to the CPI(M)’s criticism and Baby’s description of the political contradiction.
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