Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley yes­ter­day blast­ed Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Oropouche MP Dr Roodal Mooni­lal for in­sin­u­at­ing that the on­go­ing Es­tate Man­age­ment and Busi­ness De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny (EM­BD) car­tel law­suit was part of a Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) racial smear cam­paign against the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) ahead of the next gen­er­al elec­tion.

He al­so as­sured In­do-Trin­bag­o­ni­ans that they need not fear his Gov­ern­ment.

The PM made the com­ment in re­sponse to the claims made by Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Mooni­lal on Thurs­day, the day af­ter the EM­BD made fresh al­le­ga­tions in the case against Mooni­lal.