LDF seeks answers over IPS officer’s meeting with senior RSS leader

The controversial meeting between senior IPS officer M R Ajith Kumar and a senior RSS leader last year continues to cause ripples in Kerala politics, with ruling Left Democratic Front convenor T P Ramakrishnan demanding a detailed examination into its cause and intention. A senior CPI(M) leader, Ramakrishnan said the ADGP himself had admitted that he had met RSS General secretary Dattatreya Hosabale in Thrissur last year.

“So, why did he go? What was the intention (of the meeting)? These things should be examined in detail,” the Left Democratic Front (LDF) convenor told the media. Pointing out that a government-level probe is already being carried out into the allegations, he said all aspects of the issue are expected to come out in the investigation. “If the officer is found to be the culprit, the government will initiate stringent action against him. The stand of the LDF and the government is well clear in this regard,” Ramakrishnan added. Asked about LDF MLA P V Anvar raising serious allegations against the ADGP through a series of press conferences, the leader said he is not a CPI(M) member and so the party has limitations in controlling his independent stand and actions.

“Anvar is an MLA who is cooperating with the LDF. In the present political scenario, we cannot tell him anything against his independent stand or ask him to act in a particular manner,” he said. Ramakrishnan, however, said it is Anvar who should examine whether what he had done was right. Meanwhile, CPI(M) central committee member A Vijayaraghavan said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is not a person who supports any kind of malpractice.

The party comrades are in the government and an investigation has already been progressing into the allegations, he added. He also accused the media of creating unnecessary controversies over the matter. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, senior Left leader and Finance Minister K N Balagopal sought to downplaythe row.