Key Points
In a significant political move within ruling CPI(M), party state secretary M V Govindan on Wednesday served a legal notice to 2020 gold smuggling scandal accused Swapna Suresh, seeking damages of Rs 1 crore and an unqualified apology for having raised baseless allegations against him...
Ever since the scandal broke out, Suresh had levelled serious allegations against several CPI(M) leaders including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan..
Last week, Suresh, in a Facebook live, had alleged that a middleman had approached her at the behest of Govindan and offered her Rs 30 crore to withdraw her allegations against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family pertaining to the smuggling scandal..
As an emerging power centre in the party, Govindan, who became the party state secretary last August, now sends a strong message to his colleagues that he would not seek the shield in the claim that Suresh lacked credibility; a refrain which CPI(M) had raised whenever she hurled allegations..
Vijayan, who is acting deaf and dumb, should make the party state secretary [Govindan] a model; other CPI(M) leaders should also take legal action against Suresh, if her allegations were baseless, he said..
