Thiruvannathapuram: Kerala CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan can breathe easy. The state Advocate General has advised against granting permission to prosecute him in the multi-crore SNC-Lavalin corruption case.
But while the CPM state and central leadership has backed the advocate general's view, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan isn't happy. He always wanted the party and Vijayan to fight the case legally and politically.
"We will fight it politically and legally. The CPM leader should use the opportunity, whenever it comes in the court, to come clean on the issue. The charges cannot be fought by fighting against the judges," he had said earlier.
"The Advocate General has done it in a hurry to save people politically. He has taken an anticipatory bail saying that he has not gone through the entire files. This is to save himself in future," Opposition leader Oommen Chandy said.
Wednesday's Cabinet meeting could pit the chief minister against his own ministers.
The CPM put the Lavalin case off till the voting. Now with that part of the elections over, the case has come back to haunt the Reds.
But while the CPM state and central leadership has backed the advocate general's view, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan isn't happy. He always wanted the party and Vijayan to fight the case legally and politically.
"We will fight it politically and legally. The CPM leader should use the opportunity, whenever it comes in the court, to come clean on the issue. The charges cannot be fought by fighting against the judges," he had said earlier.
"The Advocate General has done it in a hurry to save people politically. He has taken an anticipatory bail saying that he has not gone through the entire files. This is to save himself in future," Opposition leader Oommen Chandy said.
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Wednesday's Cabinet meeting could pit the chief minister against his own ministers.
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The CPM put the Lavalin case off till the voting. Now with that part of the elections over, the case has come back to haunt the Reds.
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