A bitter resentment is brewing within the Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) with its two major partners, the CPI and CPI(M), voicing differences in public over senior IPS officer ADGP (law and order) M R Ajithkumar (IPS:1995:KL) meeting the top brass of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The question has been raised by the CPI, the second largest party in the alliance, which had earlier alleged that the said IPS officer helped the BJP during the Lok Sabha polls in Thrissur, where the CPI lost to the BJP. But the CPM is unruffled and continues to defend the senior officer. CPM state secretary M V Govindan made it clear that the ADGP’s meeting with RSS leader was nothing concerning the state government.
It evoked sharp reaction from CPI state secretary Benoy Viswam, who demanded that details of the senior IPS officer’s meeting with a RSS leader need to be made public. “The IPS officer should not have met RSS leaders at the government’s expense,” Viswam commented.
Moreover, a police team led by state chief Sheik Darvesh Saheb is already probing into various allegations against Ajithkumar and there are reports that Ajthkumar might proceed on leave.
