Thiruvananthapuram: A war of words erupted between the two Communist parties in the ruling alliance of the Pinarayi Vijayan government on Saturday over the controversy surrounding his daughter Veena Vijayan’s now defunct IT firm Exalogic.
On Friday, CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam said that the CPI will stand by the Chief Minister, and not his daughter. However, he added that the Chief Minister’s daughter has every right to run a company and enter into contracts with other companies.
Meanwhile, State Education Minister V. Sivankutty, considered close to Vijayan, on Saturday, hit back at Viswam, saying that the ideal place where Viswam should have raised his views was at the LDF meeting.
“Viswam should not worry about the case against Veena. Veena knows how to handle the case against her. The case is nothing but a political one, and the LDF has strongly supported Vijayan. Viswam should put his views at the LDF meeting,” said Sivankutty.
CPI is the second biggest ally of the ruling Vijayan government, and there have been times when it has discreetly expressed displeasure in the “big brother” attitude taken by the CPI-M and Vijayan and the way he (Vijayan) has been running the government. Viswam and his party expressed their reservation on the implementation of the PM Schools for Rising India scheme, while the last Cabinet meeting on April 9 decided to defer it.
“What’s wrong with an infrastructure project of the Centre. Viswam has opposed it and things have come to a stage where he speaks like the Leader of Opposition,” said Sivankutty. (IANS)
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