Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has a subtle attitude. At times he gets angry and at times he reacts very calmly to the situations. In the last three days, there have been heated exchanges between him and a few media persons. The press conferences are held in the evenings and are meant to know about the updates on COVID-19. There have been questions and concerns regarding the pandemic as well as other controversies from the Sprinklr deal, to the gold smuggling case in Thiruvananthapuram to other allegations raised by the Opposition from time to time.
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Ever since the gold smuggling case cropped up in the first week of July, the Chief Minister has been questioned about the connection between his former Principal Secretary M Sivasankar IAS and one of the key accused, Swapna Suresh. Four days ago, a question was put to the Chief Minister on his own connection with Swapna. A journalist asked about the 'NIA telling the court that Swapna has claimed she knows him'. On this question, he said, “Her own advocate had replied to this allegation that many people may know a state’s CM. I don’t need to react to it. Let the National Investigation Agency (NIA) do their job and find out facts."
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When questions from the media continued on the smuggling case, the Chief Minister accused certain media houses of joining forces and trying to politically destroy him. That is not journalistic ethics, he said. “It is a serious case and should have a serious investigation. The truth will come out soon and we can see whose heartbeats will rise. My office and I have nothing to hide,” he added.
