Thiruvananthapuram: In a major embarrassment to the Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala, senior IPS officer M R Ajithkumar has admitted that he had met RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale.
Opposition leader V D Satheesan of the Congress recently alleged that Ajithkumar, who is serving as ADGP (law and order), met the RSS leader in Thrissur in May, 2023 . He also alleged that the Chief Minister had deputed the IPS officer, who is his confidant, to have talks with the RSS leader to save Vijayan from probe by central agencies and in return ensured help to BJP for opening account to the Lok Sabha from Kerala.
The Chief Minister's office reportedly sought a report from the IPS officer on the matter and in his reply Ajthkumar was learnt to have admitted that it was a personal meeting arranged by one of his friends, who is a RSS local leader.
There are reports that Ajithkumar had also met BJP leader Ram Madhav.
Congress has stepped up allegations of CPM-BJP "nexus" in Kerala in the wake of the fresh developments.
Ajithkumar had earlier faced allegations of extending undue favours to Vijayan by taking into custody an accomplice of gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh after the latter raised serious allegations against Vijayan.
The Chief Minister has also been accused of protecting Ajithkumar by not removing him from the key post of ADGP (law and order) even as a probe was ordered in a series of allegations raised by a ruling-front MLA against him.
Published 07 September 2024, 16:58 IST