Thiruvananthapuram: A day after the Kerala Police reached state BJP President K. Surendran’s residence and served a discover to him to look earlier than the staff probing the case of the alleged hawala cash that reached the state forward of the April 6 Assembly polls, he stated on Saturday that he’ll determine on what must be executed subsequent.
Speaking to the media at Kozhikode, Surendran stated that he’ll make one factor very clear that he is not going to feign chest ache or produce a pretend Covid optimistic certificates to flee (which just a few CPI-M leaders reportedly did when notices had been served on them).
“Am asked to appear before the police on Tuesday to examine me as a witness. I will decide whether I should go on Wednesday or Monday or Tuesday. In case I don’t appear they can again give me a notice and then go ahead with a warrant and still If I don’t appear, they can arrest me and that’s what you ( media) want. Look, I have so many cases registered against me, so personally, I don’t care for this, but the party views this as a serious one and will politically and legally tackle this,” stated Surendran.
“The CPI-M cadres are presently caught in the midst of numerous gold smuggling cases and it has now reached the state party headquarters in the state capital and to divert attention they will be up to all sorts of tricks and hence I am not the least worried about this notice,” added Surendran.
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What Is The Background?
Surendran’s driver and an aide have already been questioned by the police. The BJP’s Kerala unit was caught on the mistaken foot when an individual filed a criticism with the Thrissur rural police that an quantity of Rs 25 lakh which he was carrying in his automobile to pay as advance cash for a land transaction was stolen from him on the Thrissur-Kodakara freeway in April.
Ever since this row broke out, the nationwide management is peeved particularly when stories surfaced that tribal chief CK Janu’s occasion JRP obtained Rs 10 lakh from Surendran, for returning to the BJP-led NDA. The revelation by JRP Treasurer Praseeda Azhikode was shortly denied by Surendran and Janu, who threatened to take authorized motion in opposition to her.
The CPI-M’s performing Secretary and convenor of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), A. Vijayaraghavan, then alleged that this cash was “Hawala” cash being utilized by the BJP to fund its electioneering and the cash was meant for occasion candidates. He additionally alleged that the BJP is liable for the “Hawala” community and added that this was the primary time such an enormous cash switch has taken place within the state.
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Vijayaraghavan then alleged that an quantity of Rs 3.5 crore was allegedly swindled and that senior state leaders of the BJP had been behind the deal. Soon the Kerala Police registered a case and by now, numerous decrease and middle-level leaders of the BJP have been questioned and let off.
(With inputs from IANS)
