ED probe into Vijayan’s daughter may further strain Congress-CPM ties

NEW DELHI: In what could further strain the already tense Congress-CPM equation, ED has intensified its probe into the wealth laundering allegations against the girl of erstwhile Marxist CM of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.Boosted by a Kerala precocious tribunal bid that wealth laundering investigations against Vijayan’s girl Veena are not babelike upon registration of a transgression lawsuit against her, ED has switched into higher cogwheel successful the politically delicate case.While sources successful the bureau denied that the sojourn of ED main Rahul Navin was motivated by the opening created by HC for the probe, which was stalled due to the fact that of the indifference of the Vijayan government, they said that the probe volition stitchery momentum arsenic a logical corollary of the HC order.This volition widen the rift betwixt Congress and CPM, which has taken objection to Rahul Gandhi’s endorsement of ED’s charges against Vijayan and his allegation that the bureau did not apprehension Vijayan due to the fact that of a concealed Marxist-BJP deal. CPM wide caput M A Baby wrote a missive to Congress main Kharge to protest, and its resentment tin lone turn arsenic the probe moves person to Vijayan’s doorstep.The enforcement bureau connected May 27 searched the erstwhile CM’s house, wherever Veena was besides present.The second is accused of receiving Rs 1.7 crore from Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL). The outgo was allegedly successful speech for the services she offered arsenic the proprietor of a machine solutions company.