CPI(M) takes exception to Joshi's charge

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC. 12. The CPI(M) State secretariat has taken strong exception to the Union Human Resources Minister, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi's statement that Kerala is experiencing State-sanctioned terrorism.

In a statement here today, the CPI(M) secretariat said Dr. Joshi's statement indicated that he was unaware of what is happening in Kerala. The Union Minister has apparently gone by the briefing he had received from some of the local leaders or has made an untrue statement deliberately. Either way, his statement did not behove a Union Minister, the statement said.

The CPI(M) leadership termed Dr. Joshi's statement a clear attempt at interfering in the affairs of the State. There is a clear division of powers under the Constitution between the Centre and the States. Besides, the three-tier panchayat bodies are also in existence now. Intervention by one in the jurisdiction of another is violation of the constitutional scheme and the principles of political morality, it said.

The statement alleged that the current spate of violence in Kannur was the fallout of an attempt by the Sangh Parivar to thwart the Government's attempts to maintain peace in the area. The Chief Minister had convened an all-party meeting to restore peace in the district. However, the RSS-BJP combine indulged in several excesses and murdered two CPI(M) workers. There was also attempt on the life of the CPI(M) Kannur district secretary, Mr. E.P. Jayarajan.

Dr. Joshi, the CPI(M) secretariat said, has launched a campaign against the State Government hiding all these facts. That he is himself an accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case is known to all, the statement added.

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