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Dubai/Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 11 (IANS) Senior Congress leaders have accused Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of taking advantage of a secret partnership with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to shield his son from legal action in the ongoing money laundering case related to the Life Mission project.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and MLA Sunny Joseph told the media in Dubai that the chief minister’s talks with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman were aimed at saving his son Vivek Kiran from the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Sunny Joseph said, “Both the Chief Minister’s son and daughter face serious financial allegations. Despite ED summons, his son did not appear, yet no action was taken. This privilege for one person is the result of unholy relations between CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
He urged the ED to clarify the status of its investigation against Vivek Kiran and urged Chief Minister Vijayan to take a public stand on his son’s failure to comply with the notice.
Congress Working Committee member and senior MLA Ramesh Chennithala reiterated the allegations, calling the delay in action a result of the “CPI-M-BJP unholy alliance”.
“Crores of rupees were lost due to corruption in the Life Mission project and money laundering took place with the Chief Minister’s son being implicated as per the ED summons. Yet, despite repeated warnings and protests in the Assembly by former MLA Anil Akkara, no concrete action was taken due to this political arrangement,” Chennithala said.
He also alleged that other high-profile cases, including international gold smuggling, were quietly resolved to protect powerful interests, leading only to the arrest of M. Sivasankar, the then Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister.
He said, “Nobody else was interrogated, and there was no further investigation. Everything was politically adjusted to protect the ruling coalition.”
Both the leaders highlighted that the alleged nexus between CPI-M and BJP is now increasingly visible to the people.
He warned that the preferential treatment given to the Chief Minister’s family in enforcement proceedings reflects a larger political design that undermines accountability and legal processes in the state.
–IANS
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