Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran, MP, found unqualified support from the party’s high command even as his legal troubles in Kerala appeared to mount on Monday. Dogged by a Crime Branch probe into his alleged financial transactions with suspected fake antiquities dealer, Monson Mavunkal, Mr. Sudhakaran reached New Delhi along with Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan and met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
In New Delhi, Mr. Sudhakaran said that he was the target of an anti-corruption inquiry. The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau issued a notice seeking his wife’s bank records concerning the stalled purchase of an educational institution. He said the government revived a “baseless case with no merit” to sully Congress with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Immediately after the close-door meeting in New Delhi, Mr. Gandhi, in an emphatic message of solidarity, tweeted a picture of him holding hands with the two leaders from Kerala. “The Congress party doesn’t fear the politics of intimidation and vendetta”, Mr. Gandhi tweeted.
