Kerala’s Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday termed the electoral bonds rip-off as essentially the most important corruption case India has ever seen. He additional claimed that the BJP authorities on the Centre arrested Delhi’s Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, as a diversionary tactic from this scandal. During the third rally in a row organized by the CPI(M) in opposition to the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), Vijayan accused the BJP-led Central authorities and the Sangh Parivar of displaying little respect for the nation’s rule of regulation. He advised that the Sangh Parivar is trying to grab management of Constitutional establishments and even intimidate the judiciary.
According to Vijayan, “The Union government, BJP, Sangh Parivar, they all are aware that the Supreme Court’s verdict on the electoral bond scam was detrimental to them. They aimed to shift the focus from this issue, and for that, they arrested Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.”
Vijayan recalled that when the idea of electoral bonds was launched, the CPI(M) had opposed it, viewing it as a corruption device, and had taken the matter to the Supreme Court. “The electoral bonds scam is the most significant corruption ever witnessed in India. How did they muster the audacity to engage in such overt corruption? They (BJP) believed they would never be held accountable,” he added.
With Kejriwal’s arrest, Vijayan believes the Sangh Parivar is trying to convey that they’re above the nation’s regulation and can go to any lengths to execute their agenda.
Discussing the anti-CAA protests of 2019 and the next violence and riot in Delhi, Vijayan referred to the inflammatory slogans of Union Minister Anurag Thakur and highlighted that it was the CPI(M) that filed a case in opposition to him.
Vijayan criticized the Congress for its stance on the CAA. He alleged that whereas the complete nation was protesting in opposition to the contentious Act, Congress MPs have been attending a feast organized by the celebration president. “During the protests, none of the Congress leaders were present. Rahul Gandhi was abroad. It was the Left leaders who were arrested by the Delhi Police. At that time, we had only one MP, A M Arif from Alappuzha who spoke against the CAA. Now, the Congress leaders are claiming that they had technically opposed the Act,” Vijayan stated.
Vijayan accused the Sangh Parivar of instigating violence in opposition to the anti-CAA protesters in Delhi, with the BJP authorities on the Centre silently allowing the rioters. “Around 53 people were killed, many went missing, over hundreds were injured in the riots. The houses, shops, establishments of numerous Muslims were attacked in the violence orchestrated by the Sangh Parivar,” he stated.
Vijayan asserted that the CAA was an RSS agenda being carried out by the BJP authorities.
The Left celebration is organizing huge anti-CAA rallies at 5 places within the state. The first rally passed off in Kozhikode on March 22, adopted by one in Kasaragod district on Saturday. Two extra rallies are scheduled within the coming days in Malappuram and Kollam.
The CAA was handed in December 2019 and subsequently obtained the President’s assent. However, it sparked protests in a number of components of the nation, with many opposition events talking out in opposition to the regulation, labeling it “discriminatory”. The CAA goals to expedite citizenship for undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who arrived in India earlier than December 31, 2014.
