Pinarayi slams call for Prez rule, warns troublemakers

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said BJP’s desire to create a communal riot here was defeated by secular Kerala. Condemning the demand for President’s rule in state, Vijayan said that those accused in criminal cases will be arrested and there was no point lamenting over their arrests. The chief minister said 92% of the persons arrested during the recent, violent hartals were Sangh Parivar members.
“There might be instances in other states where cases are not registered against Sangh Parivar if they indulge in violence or murder. But, this is Kerala and such a help should not be expected from this state. They should not threaten us and we will not be frightened,” said the chief minister, adding that BJP and RSS are sponsoring violence in Kerala.

“Apart from the violence sponsored by them, there is no law and order issues here. They want to create an impression that there are law and order troubles in Kerala. This is the agenda behind raising the issue in the Lok Sabha. Despite the violence wreaked by Sangh Parivar, the state is standing strong. People have realized the intentions of the Sangh Parivar, to create a communal divide and destabilize the harmony prevailing in state. It is an irony that the party which is ruling the country is behind all the violence in Kerala,” said Vijayan.

Everywhere RSS and BJP started the attacks against CPM leaders and their houses. In Thalassery alone, the houses of six CPM men were vandalized. It is quite natural that then there would be protest against it, he added.

Meanwhile, CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan alleged that those who are making hue and cry over the worsening law and order situation in state are keeping mum on the affairs in Uttar Pradesh.

“Government sponsored riots are happening in UP. In 2017, 195 communal riots happened in UP while the figure was only 113 in the previous year,” Balakrishnan said, while responding to the demand made by BJP in Parliament to impose President’s rule in Kerala.

Meanwhile, the law and order situation in the state attained normalcy on Monday.

Police sources said the last reported violent incidents were from Koyilandi in Kozhikode where the house of a BJP worker was attacked late night on Sunday and from Nedumkandam in Idukki where a BMS office was attacked in the wee hours.