Another front has been opened by the CPI(M)-led Kerala government against its state unit president. After which the central leadership of the Congress has come out in support of K. Sudhakaran. The Kerala PCC chief was arrested on Friday and later released on bail. This happened on the same day as the opposition meeting in Patna, where Congress and CPI(M) along with other parties 9394 Resolved to form a united front against the BJP. While Sudhakaran was arrested last week for his alleged involvement in a financial fraud case involving a self-styled antiques dealer, the Kerala Police has also dismissed an earlier charge of hoarding assets against him.

Congress party is not afraid of intimidation and vendetta politics

On Monday, Sudhakaran and Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly VD Satheesan met senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, during which the case against Sudharan and his arrest were discussed. Soon after Rahul tweeted a picture of himself along with Sudhakaran, Satheesan and AICC general secretary in-charge of Kerala Tariq Anwar, Congress party is not afraid of politics of intimidation and vendetta.

Opposition unity reiterated

Meanwhile, coming out of a politburo meeting that reiterated the need for opposition unity, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury told reporters that the case against Sudhakaran had nothing to do with politics . Yechury said, there is a police investigation going on, a police case is going on and unlike the BJP and the Union Home Ministry, we do not direct the police against whom and for whom to act. This is not our character. We never do this, and it cannot be done even in a state like Kerala. ,Order for investigation of property on the basis of complaint

The new case against Reformation pertains to State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) probe. The Kannur MP said that the VACB had ordered a probe into his assets on the basis of a complaint by his former driver Prashant Babu. He told the media, he has asked for details about my wife’s accounts. VACB sources said that they had received a complaint from Babu in 2021 stating that Sudhakaran had cheated the late Congress To enable a charitable trust to be set up in memory of Karunakaran, the veteran leader of crores – of which he was the chairman – to acquire a school at Chirakkal in Kannur.

Preliminary inquiry into the complaint

Sources said that preliminary inquiry into the complaint has been done. Babu told the media in Kannur, money is his (Sudhakaran’s) weakness. He raised huge funds in connection with the acquisition of the school, which was not completed. In fact, the controversy over raising funds for the Karunakaran Trust came to the fore for the first time 2021 when the Congress was in power in Kerala. Was. A section of Congress leaders in Kannur along with the CPI(M) demanded an inquiry against the trust, which wanted to set up an educational center besides taking over the school. It was alleged that money collected from the Middle East had gone missing. Babu had moved to the VACB in June 2021 soon after Sudhakaran became the KPCC chief.

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Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 1: 10 PM IST