THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Breaking his silence on the allegation that his son Vivek Kiran had been issued a summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2023 on which no further action was taken, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said neither he nor his son received such a notice and that a controversy was being concocted against a person who remained confined to his office and home.
The Opposition UDF had alleged that his son was spared due to an unholy nexus between the CPM and the BJP.
Addressing mediapersons, Pinarayi said that after accusations against his daughter proved unsuccessful, efforts were on to drag his son into a row. When pressed on remarks made by CPM national general secretary M A Baby that the ED had revoked the summons it had issued against Vivek after assessing that it was baseless, the CM repudiated it saying Baby may have been responding to media reports.
The CM said he was proud of both his children as they never brought him any infamy. Stating that his politics was transparent and that his family stood by him, Pinarayi said he always remained silent when efforts were on to depict him as corrupt. “Having been CM for the past 10 years, I could carry out many things that I am proud of.
Corruption at the highest levels has been eliminated,” he said. The CM heaped praise on his son for staying away from the limelight and asked “have you ever seen my son in the corridors of power? After unsuccessfully trying to raise issues against my daughter, they are now trying to drag an honest person into controversy. This won’t affect us,” he said.
