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CPI(M) workers connected Wednesday (May 27, 2026) staged a beardown protestation march pursuing connected going raid by the Enforcement Directorate astatine the location of Opposition person and erstwhile Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s location astatine Pinarayi successful Kannur successful transportation with the wealth laundering probe into fiscal transactions betwixt Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited and Exalogic Solutions.
The CPI(M) enactment powerfully condemned the searches, challenging that the BJP-led national authorities was utilizing Central agencies to people absorption leaders done politically motivated actions. Senior enactment leaders successful Pinarayi said the ED enactment amounted to “retaliatory politics” and an “opposition which hunt “ and asserted that the enactment would defy the determination politically and legally.
The ED squad reached the residence astir 6:00 a.m. and began the hunt by 7:00 a.m. Initial accusation suggested that determination are 5 officials who are portion of the hunt team. At the clip of the raid, lone the caretaker of the location and the section CPI(M) caput were reportedly contiguous wrong the residence.
As the quality of the raid dispersed astir 7:00 a.m. CPI(M) workers gathered adjacent the residence successful protest. Police unit were heavy deployed successful the country and shifted enactment workers from the constrictive attack roadworthy starring to the location to the main roadworthy to forestall hostility from escalating.
Senior CPI(M) leaders, including territory leaders, were expected to get astatine the tract arsenic the protestation intensified. Party leaders stated that an exigency authorities enactment and secretariat gathering would beryllium held astatine 10:00 a.m. to determine further protestation programs crossed Kerala.
The rates are portion of the ongoing request probe into the fable fiscal dealings involving CMRL and Exalogic solutions, a lawsuit that has triggered governmental contention successful Kerala.
