Chandy to Talk with LDF

12 August 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

With just hours left for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to lay its indefinite siege to the Secretariat, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy offered to convene talks with the Opposition to end the political stalemate over the demand for his resignation over the solar scam.

Addressing reporters at his official residence on Sunday, he said, “We are prepared to go the extra mile if they are prepared to cooperate,” he said.

The government, he said, had brought in Central forces not to intimidate the LDF or create a fear psychosis among the public but to uphold its constitutional responsibility. “The government has no intention to challenge the democratic right to stage a peaceful protest. But the Opposition cannot be allowed to paralyse the government by blocking all the four gates to the Secretariat,” he said.

He, however, said the police would not intervene if the agitation was peaceful. He reminded the LDF that the Cantonment gate of the Secretariat had remained open during Opposition protests over the last 43 years. Assuming responsibility for the decision to requisition Central security forces, Mr. Chandy said it was taken in consultation with the State police.

Source– http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/chandy-ready-for-talks-with-ldf/article5013522.ece?ref=sliderNews

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