Thiruvananthapuram | A day after the opposition UDF faced flak for not raising the row involving Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter in the Assembly, the CPI(M) on Friday took a dig at the front saying they did not take up the controversy fearful of the reply by the CM in the House.

The Marxist party also claimed that Vijayan's daughter T Veena had not done anything illegal and all the dealings of her IT firm were transparent.

Strongly defending Veena, senior CPI(M) leader and its central committee member A K Balan said money laundering allegation on part of her financial transactions with a private minerals company would not stand as all the dealings were through banks.