The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pivoted to target Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on charges of illegally amassing wealth based on two unrelated and arguably questionable accusations that emerged in the public domain on Tuesday.
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K.Sudhakaran seized on a Facebook post authored by a former Deshabhimani editorial employee to attack Mr. Vijayan.
The author, ostensibly reacting to “CPI(M) orchestrated cyberattacks” against him and his family, alleged that he had helped a party leader count ₹2.5 crore from unknown sources in early 2000 at the Deshabhimani’’s office in Kochi.
