Overview

• Reports in a Malayalam daily and The Statesman say the Enforcement Directorate confirmed issuing a February 14, 2023 summons to Vivek Kiran in the Lavlin case, addressed to the chief minister’s official residence.
• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan denies that he or his son received any notice, while CPI(M) leader M. A. Baby described the media accounts as absurd.
• Opposition leader V. D. Satheesan alleges the notice was concealed and claims follow-up was halted under instructions from higher authorities, urging both the CM and the ED to provide a clear explanation.
• Satheesan links the reported summons to an alleged CPI(M)-BJP understanding, referencing the 2024 Thrissur contest and citing an ADGP’s meeting with an RSS leader as part of what he calls a nexus.
• He also invokes a Devaswom Vigilance report on Sabarimala controversies and the police assault on MP Shafi Parambil to demand wider probes, ministerial accountability, and dissolution of the Devaswom Board.