CRPF Ready For LDF indefinite Siege

12 August 2012
Thiruvananthapuram

The battle lines appear to have been drawn in the state capital with agitators pouring in for the Left Democratic Front’s indefinite Secretariat siege starting Monday and central forces readying to face the situation.On Sunday, both chief minister Oommen Chandy and CPM state secretary defended their decisions. Chandy stood by his decision to call central forces and Pinarayi Vijayan was firm on nothing less than the chief minister’s resignation.

Chandy made his stand clear when he told mediapersons that central forces were called in taking into account the safety and security of the people. He offered to hold talks with the Opposition which was rejected outright by the CPM state secretary and Opposition Leader V.S. Achuthanandan.

“The central forces won’t be pressed into action if the protest is peaceful. The statements of CPM leaders like Pinarayi Vijayan and Kodiyeri Balakrishnan that the stir will be peaceful are welcome. But LDF convener Vaikom Viswan has gone on record saying that no one will be allowed into the Secretariat. This will bring administration to a standstill”, said Chandy.

He made it clear that the Cantonment Gate would remain open for ministers, staff and the public. “I’ll be going to office,” he added.

He also took a dig at national leaders like Prakash Karat who would inaugurate the agitation and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who is expected to address the agitators. “The LDF agitation is against what it terms a Rs 7 cr solar scam when West Bengal witnessed cheating to the tune of Rs 3,000 cr which affected 1.4 million rural farmers”, he said. Chandy also expressed surprise at Gowda coming for the agitation when he was in league with the BJP in Karnataka.

Pinarayi Vijayan said the LDF would continue the strike till chief minister Oommen Chandy resigned. He, however, added that the Opposition would not go in for a violent agitation.The LDF had no agenda of toppling the state government, Pinarayi told reporters here in reply to the 13 posers with which the chief minister had addressed the Opposition.

Pinarayi Vijayan said he did not have a set of 13 questions like the chief minister, but just one – why did the Advocate-General appear on behalf of the chief minister’s former gunman in the high court?

Source– http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/parliament-disrupted-over-kishtwar-riots-kerala-scam-113081200433_1.html

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