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United Democratic Front (UDF) convener Adoor Prakash has alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) announcement to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the erstwhile Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac successful the masala enslaved contented is the effect of a “secret understanding” betwixt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)].
He was speaking astatine the Vote Vibe-2025 predetermination enactment programme organised by the Thrissur Press Club connected Tuesday.
Mr. Prakash demanded that the Chief Minister clarify wherefore onshore was purchased astatine an inflated price. “Where is the money? The KIIFB CEO and others should answer,” helium added.
He said the elector fraud raised by Rahul Gandhi astatine the nationalist level was thing that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had been practising successful Kerala for years. “When I contested from Attingal for the archetypal time, the LDF added 1.14 lakh bogus votes. In 2024, they added different 50,000. When we complained, lone the votes of deceased individuals were removed. Kerala has been a large hub for elector fraud,” helium alleged.
'Bid to sabotage probe’
Mr. Prakash further claimed that efforts were nether mode to sabotage the probe by the peculiar probe squad (SIT) into the Sabarimala golden theft lawsuit involving CPI(M) leaders. Former Travancore Devaswom Board presidents A. Padmakumar and N. Vasu and respective employees were already successful jail. “We are waiting to spot what enactment volition beryllium taken against them. No advancement volition beryllium made until the elections are over,” helium added.
He accused the authorities of attempting to region the Sabarimala contented from nationalist attraction during the predetermination season.
Responding to questions connected the lawsuit involving Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil, Mr. Prakash said adept constabulary officers should analyse the case. “It is the work of the Home section led by the Chief Minister,” helium said. He added that the enactment had taken each imaginable interior action.
“Even erstwhile I contested elections, the LDF registered mendacious cases against me. Whether Mr. Mamkoottathil’s lawsuit is mendacious oregon not is to beryllium determined by the investigators,” helium said. According to him, the government’s stance was to hold the apprehension of Mr. Mamkootathil until the section assemblage elections were over.
