By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The authorities and Opposition on Monday traded prices towards one another within the Assembly over the Kodakara hawala heist case. The Opposition alleged {that a} deal was executed by the federal government with the BJP to bail it out from the case involving gold smuggling via the diplomatic channel and save its pores and skin within the Bengaluru medicine case, with out instantly naming Bineesh Kodiyeri.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan shot again stating that BJP leaders have been listed as witnesses within the charge-sheet of the hawala case as they have been conscious of the case and witnesses could be arraigned as accused anytime when the investigation within the case proceeds additional. The Opposition and authorities locked horns when Roji M John of the Congress moved an adjournment movement demanding a dialogue over the Kodakara case because the case witnessed, in line with him, ‘Pinarayi magic’ when the charge-sheet was filed within the courtroom.
“When the charge-sheet was submitted by the state police, all the BJP leaders who were initially accused in the case were now listed as witnesses. The Opposition wondered how the BJP leaders who were to be listed as accused in the case became witnesses,” mentioned Roji.
“This is nothing short of a deal executed by the CPM with BJP,” mentioned V D Satheeshan. “The central enforcement companies which had been investigating smuggling instances all of the sudden misplaced curiosity within the case. All these developments point out that there was a transparent quid-pro-quo deal,” he mentioned. Replying to the allegation, the Chief Minister mentioned the Congress had misplaced face when the individuals of Kerala had snubbed the get together within the elections. Since then it had been attempting to stage prices towards the CPM linking it with the BJP.
The Congress which approached the central company searching for investigation within the LIFE Mission rip-off just isn’t able to strategy the central companies this time. In reality, the state police handed over the case particulars to the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax and Chief Electoral Officer and it’s as much as them to determine whether or not they would maintain a probe into the case, he mentioned.
The hawala cash was introduced right here for the electioneering of the BJP, he mentioned. Police have recorded the assertion of 206 individuals together with BJP state president Ok Surendran. So far, 21 accused within the case have been arrested aside from seizing Rs 1.46 crore out of the Rs 3.5 crore robbed. Later the Opposition staged a walkout when the Speaker denied go away for the adjournment movement.