Thiruvananthapuram: Continuing his tirade against central agencies, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said the agencies were “working overtime for their political bosses”. The CM said he would soon write a detailed letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard.
Addressing a virtual news conference from Kannur, Pinarayi said the agencies were hell bent on putting the state government’s prestigious projects under the cloud of suspicion. “In that effort, they don’t bother even if the real culprits behind the gold smuggling case escape,” the CM said.
“Did the government ever try to save anybody connected to the gold smuggling case? Immediately after the incident came to light, the government had asked the Centre to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated probe into the case. A letter specifying this was sent by the state government to the Centre on July 8. At that point, the government had no prejudice against the central agencies. The state had promised them all help,” the CM said.
“The agencies’ target has become obvious now. It doesn’t call for a detailed analysis to ascertain their aim,” Pinarayi said.
“Just look what happened to former Union minister P Chidambaram and present Karnataka Congress president D K Sivakumar... Late Congress veteran Ahmed Patel was another person who was hounded by the Enforcement Directorate and now his son and son-in-law are also on their radar. The Punjab chief minister's son is another one. The others in the Congress who have come under the agencies’ scanner include Priyanka Gandhi, Robert Vadra, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot and others,” Pinarayi said, adding that the central agencies were overstepping and abusing their mandate to muzzle or cut to size political opponents of the BJP government at the Centre.