Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (TIWN) As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday picked up West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee in a corruption case, the Kerala unit of the CPI-M appears to have caught a 'cold' literally.

Things have not gone well with the Kerala unit of the CPI-M in general and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in particular, ever since the prime accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh in June made damning allegations and said that Vijayan, his wife and their daughter indulged in smuggling gold and currency.  Following this, the Congress and the BJP have been demanding that Vijayan either answer the questions Swapna has posed, or face a probe, which have both been dismissed by Vijayan. While the entire party is behind him organising a series of rallies and public meetings, the state has been flooded with huge posters giving him a clean chit.