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Gold Smuggling Case Being Used By BJP To Tarnish Kerala Government: Left


The Congress and the UDF have demanded the resignation of the chief minister.

New Delhi:

The CPI(M) has alleged that the gold smuggling case in Kerala is being utilized by the BJP and the Congress-led UDF to destabilise the LDF authorities within the state and the problem is getting used to focus on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

IAS officer M Sivasankar, sacked principal secretary of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, was earlier summoned by the Customs as a part of the continued investigation into the gold smuggling case the place gold, weighing over 30 kg and valued at round Rs 15 crore, was seized.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been entrusted with the probe into the case by the Centre.

“The gold smuggling case in Kerala is being used by the Congress-led UDF and the BJP to tarnish the image of the LDF government and (is) a joint effort to destabilise the government headed by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan,” mentioned the most recent version of the CPI(M) mouthpiece People’s Democracy revealed on Wednesday.

The Congress and the UDF have demanded the resignation of the chief minister and have launched a “struggle” to realize the identical. The BJP can be conducting protests with the identical demand. The UDF had introduced that it’s going to transfer a no-confidence movement in opposition to the federal government within the meeting.

The editorial says that smuggling of gold into Kerala from the Gulf international locations has been a daily incidence through the years and that there was a spurt in gold smuggling after the COVID-19 pandemic when flights resumed and there was a rise in chartered flights to the state.

Around Rs 100 crore value of gold was seized by the Customs authorities in Kerala’s three airports prior to now six months, the editorial mentioned.

But the contraband gold sought to be smuggled in by Thiruvananthapuram airport on June 30 was vital for the strategy adopted and the dimensions of the consignment – it was by diplomatic baggage and weighed 30 kilograms, it mentioned.

“The state police is not the investigating authority nor has it the power to file cases in such matters. It falls in the jurisdiction of the Customs Department which is under the Centre. The state police can only have an ancillary role,” it mentioned.

It mentioned that as quickly because the ramifications of the case grew to become identified, the chief minister wrote to the prime minister asking for an efficient investigation by any of the central companies involved in order that the entire chain of the smuggling operation from its supply and the top beneficiaries may be discovered and delivered to ebook.

The gold smuggling case is, thus, getting used to make an all-out effort to focus on the chief minister and the LDF authorities. In doing so, the Congress management is even ignoring the truth that one of many accused, Sandeep Nair, has hyperlinks with the BJP. It is extra intent on in search of to harness the Modi authorities in its battle in opposition to the LDF authorities.

“The Congress knows very well that the BJP government is misusing the central agencies for its political purposes and hopes that they will do so in this case too,” it mentioned.

The editorial additionally alleged that the Congress get together is proving its political and ideological chapter in Kerala by adopting a disruptive stance over the problem.

It has no qualms in any respect in ganging up with the BJP to focus on the Left. It can be a tragic commentary on the state of the get together as a complete because the latest occasions in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan present.

“The BJP is going all-out to destabilise Congress state governments using money power and other unscrupulous methods. But the Congress party riven by factions and power-hungry leaders is facilitating the BJP’s nefarious designs. In Kerala, this type of politics and power games will be met with a stinging rebuff from the people,” it mentioned 

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