The CPI(M) on Friday alleged that there was a deep-rooted conspiracy by the BJP and the Congress against the Government of Kerala and the current unrest seen in the State is a proof of this secret plan.

“The BJP and the Congress want to sabotage and derail the Kerala Government led by the CPI(M). A conspiracy has been hatched by the Sangh Parivar and the Congress to murder Minister K T Jaleel. The attacks on the official car of the Minister on Thursday by the BJP elements is proof of this plan,” said Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, CPI(M) Kerala secretary during a press meet at the capital city on Friday.

Balakrishnan was addressing the media after Friday’s State Secretariat meet of the CPI(M). He said there was nothing unusual in the National Investigation Agency summoning Jaleel to their office. “The NIA in its letter of invitation sent to Jaleel has said that the agency would like to speak to him as a witness. But the Congress and the BJP are blowing it out of proportion,” said the Secretary who se son Bineesh Kodiyeri too had been invited by the Enforcement Directorate recently. Balakrishnan said that the BJP and the Congress were on a massive drive to recruit goondas to eliminate the CPI(M) cadre and the State Government has all the documentary evidence. “The Congress is organizing ‘get togethers’ of its goonda elements across Kerala. The BJP is also doing the same thing,” he said.

The State Secretariat in its meeting concluded that the Centre was deliberately denying and delaying the financial dues meant for the State. “ The Congress is upset over the general impression that the CPI(M) would come back to power in the 2021 Assembly election and that party is staring at a bleak future. Irrespective of the attitudes of the BJP and the Congress, the CPI(M) is going ahead with its development agenda for the welfare of the people,” said Balakrishnan while explaining the decisions taken in the Secretariat meeting.

He also said that the Muslim League and the BJP were coming together. “The CPI(M) has become the common enemy of these parties and we are launching a campaign drive across Kerala to convince the people about this unholy alliance. The BJP is implementing its communal agenda through protests and demonstrations,” he  said.