The Congress on Thursday seized on the recently ordered Vigilance inquiry against Mathew Kuzhalnadan, MLA, to reinforce its attack line that the Pinarayi Vijayan government routinely subverted law enforcement to launch political witch-hunts against dissenters, whistle-blowers, Opposition leaders and independent journalists.
The government had ordered a preliminary Vigilance probe against Mr. Kuzhalnadan on suspicion of irregularities in the sale and registration of properties, including alleged violation of land assignment laws, to build a commercial building in the environmentally sensitive Idukki district.
Mr. Kuzhalnadan had emerged as the government’s latest bugbear by repeatedly attempting to personally bait Mr. Vijayan over allegations of corruption against his daughter and IT consultant T.Veena.
