DMK Cheif Stalin Condemns ED Raids on Pinarayi Vijayan

MK Stalin on Tuesday strongly condemned the Enforcement Directorate raids on former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, alleging that central agencies were increasingly being ?weaponised? against Opposition leaders. 

In a post on X, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief said the raids raised serious concerns over the misuse of investigative agencies for political purposes. 

?Strongly condemn the Enforcement Directorate raids directed against former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Such actions once again raise serious concerns over the growing pattern of central agencies being weaponised against Opposition leaders,?



Stalin wrote.

He also claimed the raids exposed the ?hollowness? of allegations made by some Congress leaders questioning why Vijayan had allegedly not been targeted earlier by the BJP-led Centre. The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 10 locations across Kerala, including the residences of Pinarayi Vijayan, in connection with the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) case. 

Officials said the raids began early Wednesday and were carried out based on specific inputs linked to controversial financial transactions associated with the CMRL case, which had stirred political controversy in Kerala during Vijayan?s tenure as Chief Minister.