Commissar Cornered
- The CPI(M) Kerala state secretary is in the dock for his role in the Rs 390-crore Lavalin power scam
- Governor R.S. Gavai has given the go-ahead to the CBI to prosecute him
- Pinarayi's one-time mentor, Kerala CM V.S. Achuthanandan, seems to approve of the governor's action
- He is today a liberaliser, the power centre in Kerala's CPI(M) politics
- Hardliners say he's turned bourgeois in his private life
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