CPI(M), CPI deny political or legal variance on ED’s attempt to target Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI State secretary Binoy Viswam have denied any political rift regarding the Enforcement Directorate's investigations into the former Chief Minister. Both parties maintain a unified front against what they describe as politically motivated actions by central agencies.
Why it matters
The coordination between the CPI(M) and CPI is essential for the stability of the LDF alliance in Kerala amidst ongoing legal and political pressure from central authorities.
Leader of the Opposition in the Keralam Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan said he could not endorse the view that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Communist Party of India (CPI) were at variance, politically and legally, on the issue of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) acting as a tool of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government to harass, intimidate, tarnish and retard political opponents.
Mr. Vijayan said at a press conference in Kannur that the CPI(M) was not the ED’s sole target. Recently, he said Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had strongly condemned the ED (for allegedly targeting Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi as a politically motivated witch hunt conducted at the BJP’s behest), he said.
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