‘CM should give logical answers’

Thiruvananthapuram: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala alleged on Tuesday that CM Pinarayi Vijayan should start addressing the ‘ridiculous predicament of his government’ and stop terming all grievous charges against his ministers (K T Jaleel, E P Jayarajan) and children of CPM leaders as fictitious.
Addressing media, Chennithala said it was ridiculous for Vijayan to justify ministers, leaders and their sons who are under a cloud for their alleged links with persons accused in the gold smuggling case.
“Why does the CM fail to explain things to people? He says KT Jaleel was summoned by ED to clear some doubts. He says it all as if ED was more than satisfied with Jaleel’s clarifications. People should notice his eagerness to trivialize the quizzing of a state minister by ED in connection with a smuggling case that amounts to treason,” he said.
A Waqf minister has no business with the UAE consulate. Or else, it should be clarified who asked him to associate with the consulate, added Chennithala. “Of course, ED must not have summoned Jaleel to ask if the dates, brought from the Gulf, were good. ED summoned him to ask what other things that were brought along with the dates,” he said.
CM was using the same method to hide the real purpose why minister Jayarajan’s wife opened the bank locker. “Nobody said there was anything surprising in Jayarajan’s wife having a locker facility at the bank where she retired as a senior manager. What is baffling is why she rushed to the bank and opened the locker immediately after she was tested for Covid,” he said.