# Kerala PSC exam row threatens to damage CPI(M) as SIT flags fraud 2026-08-18T16:35:57+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet An SIT investigation into alleged malpractices in Kerala PSC examinations since 2019 has threatened to damage the previous CPI(M)-led Left Front government. The probe, set up by the current Congress-led UDF government, has found discrepancies in a July 2023 examination for three posts in the State Planning Board. Candidate Shyam Krishnan K. discovered through RTI that answers worth 58 marks out of 100 had not been evaluated. Governor R.V. Arlekar has sought legal opinion on possible action against the KPSC, whose board was appointed during the Left Front regime. He is reportedly considering sending complaints to the president. Constitutional experts have questioned the governor's move, noting the matter is already before courts. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan called the allegations serious, while the opposition has also raised a 2019 police recruitment case involving CPI(M) student leaders. ## Indian Opinion Analysis India Today leads with the political damage to the CPI(M), framing the SIT probe as a direct threat to the Left coalition and highlighting Governor Arlekar's potential referral to the president. The analysis echoes a government-critical framing of the CPI(M) era, emphasising the opposition's use of the scandal. The article does not include any statement from the CPI(M) or its former government, omitting their defence. The measured reading is that the SIT findings are still preliminary, the final judicial outcome, not just political heat, will determine whether the malpractice allegations are substantiated. Watch for the governor's decision and the Central Administrative Tribunal's verdict. ## Coverage Coverage: 1 source, 1 government-critical - indiatoday.in (government critical) Leads with political threat to CPI(M), emphasises opposition attacks and governor's intervention, no CPI(M) response included. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: CPI(M), Kerala, Kerala PSC, R.V. Arlekar, SIT, V.D. Satheesan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-psc-exam-row-threatens-to-damage-cpim-as-sit-flags-fraud/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-psc-exam-row-threatens-to-damage-cpim-as-sit-flags-fraud/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/