ED raids on Pinarayi Vijayan: CPI(M) says will resist politically and legally; party workers protest across Kerala
CPI(M) workers protested across Kerala in response to ED raids on former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's residence. The party's State Secretary accused the raids of being politically motivated and part of a broader attack against the CPI(M) by the BJP and RSS. The CPI(M) plans to resist these actions both politically and legally, asserting that previous investigations had found no evidence against Vijayan.
- ▪CPI(M) workers protested against ED raids on Pinarayi Vijayan's homes in Kerala.
- ▪The party claims the raids are a politically motivated attack by the BJP and RSS.
- ▪Previous investigations by various Central agencies found no evidence against Vijayan.
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] workers came out on the streets across Kerala on Wednesday to protest against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on the houses of former Kerala Chief Minister and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan. Even as the raid was ongoing at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram, party workers gathered in large numbers raising slogans against the Bharaitya Janata Party-led Union government and the ED.Addressing a press conference here, CPI(M) State Secretary M.V.Govindan said that the raids are “the latest instance of a planned attack” against the CPI(M) by the Sangh Parivar and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The party will strongly resist such attempts politically and legally, with the support of the masses, he said.
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