The Congress on Thursday attempted to seize the moral high ground by emotively ratcheting up its demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged governmental plot to ensnare the late former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in an intensely hurtful and defaming sexual misconduct case ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections.
Given the outpouring of public grief following Chandy’s death and the decisive win of his son and political heir, Chandy Oommen, in the Puthuppally Assembly byelection, the Congress sensed the demand would appeal to the ordinary person’s sense of justice.
Moreover, the party felt the narrative that Chandy was a martyr to a vicious and pitiless Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] conspiracy in his autumn years would transcend politics and resonate among families.
