IUML ultras fomenting trouble: BJP

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 17. The BJP State president, Mr. C.K. Padmanabhan, has alleged that fundamentalist elements within the IUML are trying to take advantage of the Afghan war to whip up communal feelings in the State.

Addressing a press conference here today, he said these elements were using the influence of the IUML to prevent the Antony government from initiating action against extremist groups operating in Kerala.

Mr. Padmanabhan said several fundamentalist organisations in Kerala were openly supporting Osama bin Laden and his terrorist movement.

He said a section of the IUML had come out in support of the Taliban. Pointing out that a couple of Ministers had attended functions organised by these groups, he urged the Chief Minister, Mr. A.K. Antony, to look into the issue.

Calling attention to extremist groups operating in Pathanamthitta district, he urged the Government to launch a crackdown on their activities in view of the ensuing Sabarimala season.

Mr. Padmanabhan said the 48-day-old agitation spearheaded by the Adivasi-Dalit Action Council had been called off without a solution to the fundamental problems faced by the tribals.

He said the stir could not be termed a success unless the Government decided to enforce the 1975 legislation to restore alienated land to tribal communities.

Mr. Padmanabhan said the brutal attack on a BJP worker and his two-year-old daughter at Athiyannoor was part of an organised attempt by the CPI(M) to unleash terror on political opponents.

He urged the Government for stern measures to bring the assailants to justice.

The BJP will organise booth-level functions all over the State to celebrate its Golden Jubilee, Mr. Padmanabhan announced.

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