Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on September 11 sought to disarm the Opposition in the Assembly by stating that the government was willing to probe the accusation that top ruling alliance leaders conspired on the eve of the Assembly elections in 2021 to stigmatise the late Chief Minister Oommen Chandy by ensnaring him in a sexual misconduct case to wring some political advantage vindictively.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition moved an adjournment motion scenting a conspiracy behind the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s contentious decision to order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the salacious allegation raised by a woman prosecuted by the Oommen Chandy government in 2013 for large-scale financial fraud.
Congress legislator Shafi Parambil, who piloted the motion, claimed the CBI, which absolved Chandy of wrongdoing in 2023, had pointed to a high-level ruling front conspiracy to defame the veteran politician in a court filing.
