The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government has begun a political and legal pushback against the alleged “Congress-BJP conspiracy” to vilify Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
The LDF felt that the “axis” had engaged in character assassination by vindictively bracketing Mr. Vijayan with “discredited” UAE consulate staff accused of misusing the embassy’s diplomatic channel to bring contraband into the country by dodging Customs inspection.
Swapna Suresh, the prime suspect in the gold smuggling case, had recently reignited the controversy by accusing Mr. Vijayan of unethically exploiting the consulate’s diplomatic channel to import contraband “metal” and smuggle out foreign currency for personal gain.
