Chennithala rebuts CPI(M) accusation of Congress-BJP collusion in ED raid on Pinarayi’s house
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has rejected the CPI(M)'s claims of collusion between the Congress and BJP regarding an ED raid on Pinarayi Vijayan's residence. He emphasized that the ED did not inform state authorities about the raid and sought assistance from Central paramilitary forces. Chennithala also stated that the meeting between Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan was a courtesy call and should not be interpreted politically.
- ▪Ramesh Chennithala dismissed CPI(M)'s allegations of collusion with the BJP.
- ▪The ED conducted a raid on former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's residences without informing state authorities.
- ▪CPI(M) activists protested, linking the Chief Minister to Hindu nationalist ideologies.
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Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) dismissed the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s [CPI(M)] allegation that political intrigue at the top-most levels of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre had manifested itself in the Enforcement Directorate's early morning raid on the residence of former Chief Minister and current Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan.The CPI(M) leaders had sought to link the ED raid on Mr. Vijayan’s residences in Kannur and Thiruvananthapuram with a one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan in New Delhi on Tuesday (May 26, 2026).
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