KERALA: AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal on Saturday raised serious concerns over the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s son in a money laundering case, terming the recent disclosure of the notice “highly suspicious.”
Venugopal pointed out that the ED had issued the summons in 2023, but it has surfaced only now. He emphasized that the notice was originally highly confidential.
“If the ED issues notices to Congress or other opposition leaders, it becomes a nationwide spectacle. Even routine questioning or procedural arrests are blown up in the media, as seen in the National Herald case or the Hemant Soren case in Jharkhand. In the case of the Chief Minister’s son, the ED did not seek such publicity, ” Venugopal said.