Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan whether the “covert understanding” between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had helped him in delaying an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the suspicious financial transactions involving the company owned by Mr. Vijayan’s daughter.
Mr. Satheesan, who posed five questions to Mr. Vijayan at a press conference on the sidelines of the Congress party’s interaction with the public as part of its ‘Samaragni’ protest march in Kochi on February 20 (Tuesday), pointed out that the ED failed to probe the allegations for three years, going by the report submitted by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) before the Karnataka High Court in the case related to the alleged illegal transactions involving Exalogic, the company owned by the Chief Minister’s daughter, and the Cochin Minerals and Rutiles Ltd (CMRL) at Aluva.
The ED reportedly stumbled upon the illegal transactions just before the Assembly elections in 2021. The State leadership of the BJP could also respond to this question, said Mr. Satheesan.
