Kochi. The Congress on Wednesday expressed surprise at fresh allegations that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter had a bank account in a Gulf country and sought his reaction to it. The opposition party termed the allegations as “serious” and urged the Chief Minister to clarify whether his daughter T Veena’s now defunct company Exalogic had any bank account abroad. The reaction of Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly V D Satheeshan came after BJP leader Shon George moved the High Court to level fresh allegations against the Chief Minister’s daughter.
George claimed that Veena and another person close to the family had a joint account in a foreign bank and several prominent companies had transferred money into it. Soon after the BJP leader made the allegation, Satishan asked Vijayan to clarify whether such an account existed.
The Leader of Opposition said, “The allegations against Chief Minister Vijayan’s daughter and her company Exlogic are shocking. Does the Chief Minister’s daughter and a person associated with her have a joint account abroad? Has money come into this account? The Chief Minister should answer.” Referring to the allegation, he said that money was deposited in this account by major companies like SNC Lavalin and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Satishan said, “The Chief Minister has the right to say whether it is right or not. If the allegation is wrong, legal action should be taken against those making the allegation.” Taking a dig at Vijayan, the Congress leader said that he keeps mum when allegations are levelled against him and his family. He alleged that the CPI-M-RSS family nexus is the reason for sabotaging the investigations against the Marxist party leaders in various cases.
Shon George has filed an application in the Kerala High Court, alleging that Exalogic, the now defunct company of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter, had “kept” huge sums of money in an account in Abu Dhabi and that Canadian company SNC Lavalin had transferred the money to the US through it.