Thursday, January 22, 2009

Is Interpol enough?

Is Interpol enough?
Sir,
Central leadership of CPI(M) blaming the Congress for charge sheeting Kerala State secretary of the party Pinarayi Vijayan by the CBI in the Lavalin scam is superfluous. If CBI is an unclean agency then which agency the Marxists prefer for enquiry? Do they concur with Interpol? It seems the only Marxist leader who has not received any money in Lavalin deal is VS Achuthanandan. And it prompts one to doubt the linking of some Politburo members too other than Pinarayi in the dubious deal. It was Achuthanandan who determinedly argued for the CBI inquiry in the Lavalin case and ‘Crime” Editor Nandakumar with his case in the High Court brought such a twirl.

Even if it is a big issue, there will be no change in the corporate culture of the party if Pinarayi is replaced by a worse one like E P Jayarajan or Kodiyeri as the party is engrossed with the money making privatization culture. The CPI(M) decision to take the issue to the people will not work as the people know the whole episode rather fully well. The Shornur- Amblapuzha by-elections revealed the truth as it exposed the corrupt practices of the party.

The statement of Pinarayi that "let everything come out, I've nothing to say as of now," is a clear cut indication of his dubious involvement in the Lavalin scam.

James Williams, Cherthala

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