Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is turning a blind eye to the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) pay-off case involving Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter owing to the “unholy nexus” between the CPI(M) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Addressing a press conference at the District Congress Committee office here on December 8 (Friday), Mr. Satheesan asked why the ED, which is “persecuting every Congress Chief Minister”, is going easy on Mr. Vijayan. Postponing the SNC Lavalin case for 38 times is also owing to this unholy nexus, he said.
“The case (CMRL pay-off case) comes under the ambit of the money laundering Act. It is being neglected despite a verdict passed by a quasi-judicial body such as the Income Tax Department’s Interim Board for Settlement,” Mr. Satheesan said.
