Kozhikode, Sept. 23 -- BJP's national executive member PK Krishnadas alleged that the Keralam government's decision to order a preliminary inquiry into the Enforcement Directorate's report in the CMRL-Exalogic case was an attempt to protect former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family.

The BJP leader alleged on Wednesday that there was a "planned conspiracy" behind the decision and claimed that the move was aimed at protecting Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena Vijayan and his son-in-law PA Mohammed Riyas.

He said that instead of conducting what he described as a "farce of an inquiry", the government might as well declare Pinarayi Vijayan "innocent" if it was not prepared to register an FIR and conduct a proper investigation....