THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that the state government cannot be intimidated in the name of IT raids conducted at KIIFB." Nothing can be done against KIIFB. The raid by the IT department is a violation of federal principles," the CM said.

Earlier, Finance Minister Thomas Isaac had come down heavily on the IT raids at KIIFB. According to him, the IT department showed pure hooliganism to discredit KIIFB. The Finance Minister also said that such dramas which were announced in advance to the media should be stopped.