Pinarayi writes to Modi, says central agencies conspiring against his government

A day after what he termed an ‘electrifying’ election victory,Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to rein in the central investigating agencies. CM said the central agencies had set aside their responsibilities and were busy engaged in ways to tarnish the image of the state government. Their desperation to fish out something outside the ambit of their probe would only end up destroying their credibility . CM also pointed out the contradictions in the Enforcement Directorate’s probe.Initially the ED had said the money found in the bank locker of an accused were the proceeds of gold smuggling but later said it was commission received from a project contractor.The Chief Minister told the prime minister that the ED had violated all federal limits when it called for all the documents related to the Life Mission Project. Further he said the ED had sought all documents related to major projects like K-FON (Kerala Fibre Optic Network). This would stall Kerala’s development and destroy the morale of honest and hardworking officials.