Brushing aside Chief Minister V S Achutanandan's reservations on the issue, the Communist Party of India-Marxist Saturday strongly backed its Kerala leader Pinarayi Vijayan, who faces corruptions in a CBI case on the Lavalin scam, saying it was "politically motivated".
".....since the case is political motivated, it is unfortunate that the CBI is not not immune from political pressure in the hands of the ruling party at the Centre," the party Politbureau said in a statement at the end of the meeting.
The statement issued by CPM general secretary Prakash Karat after the meeting,