Thiruvananthpuram, Sep 12 (ANI): The opposition parties critiscised the Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) for allegedly providing the confidential notes of the state cabinet to Party's state unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.

Vijayan is an accused in the multi crore SNC Lavlin scam. He is defending the case in the Supreme Court.

The opposition parties have alleged that the documents produced by Vijayan in the apex court, were procured illegally.

According to sources, it is said that the Kerala Cabinet has given a clean chit to Vijayan in this documents.

Addressing the media Vijayan claimed that he got these papers under the Right to Information Act.

State Congress president Ramesh Chennithala said: "Vijayan has not got the papers through the Right to Information Act. We don't know how he got such confidential documents. There is a lot of suspicion in the air."

"It is the duty of the government to remove this air of suspicion. This entire episode is just going to weaken our democratic system," Chennithala added.

The SNC Lavalin case has caused a lot of damage to the Left Front Government in the state, the latest controversy involving the secret cabinet documents has once again put the CPM leadership on a dock. (ANI)