Karuvannur Cooperative Society bank scam: Party yet to get any notice from ED: CPI(M) Kerala State secretary Govindan
The Hindu
CPI(M) Kerala State Secretary addresses ED accusations, political attacks, and vows party's resilience against central government intimidation.
The CPI(M) Kerala State Secretary M.V. Govindan said in New Delhi that he is yet to receive any notice from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about the agency’s purported move to arraign the political outfit as an accused of the Karuvannoor Service Cooperative Bank loan scam.
Mr. Govindan said anti-Left forces and the Right-wing media had attempted to lay down a smokescreen of lies to put the CPI(M) on the defence.
He said the Central Government has ruthlessly used the ED to silence dissent. The CPI(M) was the latest victim of the BJP’s political witch-hunt using Central enforcement agencies.
However, Mr. Govindan said the Central Government would fail in its bid to intimidate the CPI(M) into silence.
He said the party had legal and political clarity in the Karuvannoor case. Mr. Govindan said the CPI(M) would emerge unblemished and stronger.
He slammed the ED for acting as a law unto itself. The agency’s actions were capricious, arbitrary, and devoid of any legal substance, Mr. Govindan said, adding that the ED’s intention was propaganda, not prosecution.
The CPI(M) ‘s Thrissur district committee secretary M.M. Varghese said that he was unaware of the ED’s move to name the party as an accused in the case. “I cannot take questions on developments still in the realm of fiction,” he added.
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