Ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting, Baby in a sharply worded letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had pointed to allegations by Rahul Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders during the Kerala polls of CPI(M) and the BJP colluding and calls for ED action against then CM Pinarayi Vijayan. The Left party had asked the Congress to “clear the air regarding such disruptive moves” with CPI(M)’s Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas strongly raising the matter at the INDIA meeting.