Kerala is being surrounded by many issues. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday criticized the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) for moving the Quran into the gold smuggling dispute. He also asserted the UDF was toeing the BJP-RSS line on the issue and they need to introspect. CM stated, “There was no need to drag the holy book into controversy and there was no need to attack the state government and the minister.”

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Pinarayi Vijayan was responding to the questions of reporters on how protests against Higher Education Minister KT Jaleel and the interrogation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) over links with UAE Consulate and gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh, can be termed as something against the Quran. After the Quran was delivered to the UAE Consulate, the Consular General had reportedly sought help from Jaleel for distributing it as ‘zakat’ (charity) during Ramzan and the Minister had obliged, CM Pinarayi said.

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A day after CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan in an article in Deshabhimani, the party organ, charged IUML for dragging the Quran into the gold smuggling dispute, Pinarayi Vijayan took on the League, a prominent partner of the opposition front, saying they should not have insulted the sacred text.  Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Ramesh Chennithala announced that the Marxist party should not be under the impression that people can be fooled. They are aware that Kodiyeri Balakrishnan is playing the communal card to give space to BJP and help the saffron party in the state, Chennithala alleged.

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