CPI(M)’s Keralam meet condemns ED action against Pinarayi, Veena, Riyas

The three-day extended State committee meeting of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has condemned what it termed as the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) bid to implicate Leader of the Opposition and Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter, T. Veena, and her husband and party State secretariat member P.A. Mohamed Riyas in the CMRL-Exalogic pay-off case.

In a resolution passed on the concluding day of the meeting on Tuesday, the party said the “political witch-hunt” being conducted by the ED “will be strongly resisted both legally and politically.”

The resolution pointed out that [the now defunct] Exalogic Solutions Private Ltd., a company owned Ms. Veena, and the CMRL engaged in a business transaction based on a legal agreement. During the period, the applicable income tax and Goods and Services Tax were paid, and the company received remuneration for the services provided through bank accounts.