Letter row in CPI(M): Kerala Minister M.B. Rajesh alleges makes an attempt to defame him forward of elections

Kerala’s Minister for Local Self-Governments M.B. Rajesh mentioned in Kochi on Monday (August 18, 2025) that the try to incorporate him among the many leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] having alleged monetary hyperlinks with a UK.-based Keralite businessperson was to “defame” him by elevating baseless allegations forward of the forthcoming Assembly elections.

He was referring to the controversy following the media leak of a purported ‘confidential grievance’ to the CPI(M) Polit Bureau, reportedly accusing an assemblage of social gathering leaders from Kerala, together with former Ministers, of partnering in monetary shenanigans allegedly enabled by the businessman.

“This purported letter has been doing the rounds in WhatsApp for the final 4 years. Such paperwork that ought to be thrown into the dustbin will emerge once more because the elections are a number of months away,” he advised mediapersons.

Asked whether or not the businessman was his alleged benami, the Minister mentioned he realised the “intent” of the question. “You wish to make it the headline. Hence I’m not responding to the query,” he mentioned.

Mr. Rajesh mentioned comparable allegations had surfaced in opposition to him forward of the earlier Assembly election as nicely. “It included the allegations across the appointment of my spouse [as a faculty member at the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit] and the accusation that I used to be aiding the accused within the Walayar case. The investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation had introduced out the reality behind the Walayar case,” he mentioned.