CPI(M) master minded Kannur violence: BJP team

By Our Staff Reporter

THALASSERY, DEC. 10. The BJP's Parliamentary delegation which visited the violence-affected areas in Kannur district on a fact- finding mission has alleged that the recent incidents of violence aimed at targeting the BJP workers were masterminded by the CPI(M) State leadership.

The delegation comprising five party MPs, Mr. Anadi Suha, Ms. Savitha Sharda, Mr. S.S. Ahluwalia, Mr. C.P. Radhakrishnan and Mr. Balbeer Punj, told a press conference here today that the cult of violence that the CPI(M) was cultivating in areas under its control was indicative of the fact that the CPI(M) had no faith in democracy.

"There is nothing much that the rest of the country can do with violence in Kerala unless the people here raise against the CPI(M) violence and support the BJP in the cause," Mr. Suha said. Stating that the purpose of their visit was to make a first hand inquiry into the incidents of violence and to see what steps had been taken by the district administration to stop the `murderous attacks' on BJP and RSS workers, he said that the delegation would submit its report to the Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the BJP's Central leadership.

Attributing the growing incidents of violence in the region to the CPI(M) workers' panic over the growing popularity of the BJP among the youth here, he said that erosion of the CPI(M)'s support base in the Ezhava community following the denial of Chief Ministership to the party leader, Ms. K.R. Gouri, led to youth belonging to that community joining the BJP in large numbers. The recent outbreak of violence had been masterminded by the CPI(M) leadership to counter the large turnout at a rally organised to mark the first anniversary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader, K.T. Jayakrishnan, murdered last year.

Responding to a reporter's reminder that CPI(M) workers were also victims of politics of violence in the region, Mr. Suha said Kerala was definitely not one of the strongholds of the RSS. "How come political violence takes place only in the CPI(M)-dominant States of Kerala and West Bengal?" he asked. The team members said the CPI(M) believed in the creed of violence and it eliminated political rivals.

Asked about the CPI(M) State secretary, Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan's allegation that a Union Minister from neighbouring State was involved in the conspiracy to unleash violence in the district, the delegation members said the CPI(M) was spreading lies.

To another query whether any action had been taken following the report of the party's Parliamentary delegation that had visited the areas in the wake of the earlier outbreak of violence in December last year, they said the party could not take action including invocation of Article 356 on its own without the support of the Opposition Congress(I) in the Rajya Sabha. "Congress(I) leaders should come forward and support the cause," he said. The State Government had abdicated its responsibility.

Earlier, they met the District Collector, Mr. K.R. Jyothilal, and the SP, Mr. S. Gopinath, at the Rest House here. They visited the violence-hit areas this morning accompanied by the BJP State leaders, Mr. P.K. Krishnadas and Mr. P.C. Mohanan.

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