THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the differences of opinion in the action taken by the police in the past five years in connection with the gold smuggling and hawala money are behind the allegation of CPM-RSS nexus. The chief minister added that the police have seized crores of hawala money in Malappuram in the last five years. The chief minister's response was in an interview granted to The Hindu in the wake of the allegations raised by Nilambur MLA P V Anwar.

When asked how he reacts to the allegations of top police officers and members of the chief minister's staff secretly meeting top RSS leaders, the chief minister said
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‘The Left, especially the CPM, has strongly opposed the RSS and other Hindutva forces. Many of our comrades have lost their lives for speaking against them. No one can believe these lies. We must understand the reasons behind such allegations. A significant proportion of Kerala's population consists of minority communities.

For a long time, these communities were with the Congress-led UDF, but that has changed. The minorities now support the LDF. This is part of the UDF's deliberate attempt to create confusion knowing it will affect us in the elections. False allegations are being raised that we have a soft approach towards the RSS.

This propaganda is aimed at political gain. Other extremist elements are also at work promoting communal divisions. While the government of Kerala is working against Muslim extremist elements, these forces are trying to highlight that we are working against Muslims.

For example, 150 kg of gold worth Rs 123 crore and hawala money were seized by the state police force in Malappuram in the last five years. This money reaches Kerala for anti-national activities. As for Anwar, we have already constituted a special investigation team to investigate his claims'.