The Communist Party of India(Marxist) [CPI(M)] pushed back against Congress’s campaign targeting Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family on corruption charges.
CPI(M) Central secretariat member A.K. Balan dared Congress leader Mathew Kuzhalnadan to quit politics if the party proved that Mr. Vijayan’s daughter, Veena Vijayan, had paid IGST compensation on retainers received from a Kochi-based mining firm for IT services her firm rendered between the 2016-20 period.
He said Ms. Vijayan was in the clear, and the CPI(M) was morally bound to protect victims of slanderous campaigns, irrespective of their political leanings.
