CPI(M) to legally and politically fight ED’s ‘politically motivated’ move to book Pinarayi, Riyas in corruption case in Keralam

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan on Tuesday reiterated the party’s position that the Enforcement Directorate’s case in the Exalogic-CMRL deal was politically motivated and targeted at Leader of the Opposition and Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan and his son-in-law and CPI(M) State secretariat member P.A. Mohamed Riyas.

He said the party would fight the case legally and politically. At the national level, the Congress was opposed to the misuse of Central agencies for political ends, but whether the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala, under a cloud over its alleged nexus with the BJP, would oblige the ED and launch an anti-corruption case against Mr. Vijayan and Mr. Riyas was something the State was waiting to see, Mr. Govindan added.