The government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre is trying to deploy Central investigation agencies, including the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), across the country to insult social and political leaders in the name of interrogation, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
Opening an election convention of Left Democratic Front’s Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency candidate Elamaram Kareem at Kakkur on Friday, the Chief Minister claimed that investigators were not interested in gathering anything particular from any individual as part of their investigation other than forcing the summoned persons to stay back in a room for long hours without giving access to any medium of communication. “This type of tortures were direct violations of the ethics of a lawful investigation and the rule of law,” he said.
Reacting to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s recent statement that the Central investigation agencies were ignoring the allegations against the Kerala Chief Minister, Mr. Vijayan said he should not be compelled to address Mr. Gandhi with his “old nickname”. “You should not create an impression that you have not changed from your previous state. I thought you had changed a lot after the Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he remarked.
