Lavlin case: VS refuses to defend his collegue

Thursday, 29.01.2009,

TVM: The long spell of silence by V.S Achuthanandan after the coming up of the Lavlin case, has been broken yesterday when he said that he would perform the constitutional rights entrusted on him. Evidently it was sign that he was not going to defend the party secretary as the other party men had done.
He said that he had held discussions with the party general secretary on the issue during his visit to New Delhi. The central and state leadership have already termed the allegations are politically motivated in view of the forthcoming elections, the chief minister declined to offer such comments. He only said that the matter was being examined.
Both Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan were suspended from the politburo for their open criticisms last year.