‘RSS man’s wounds worse than what terrorists inflict’
Minister says Left govt should let the Oppn function freely
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union finance and defence minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday asked the CPI(M)-led Kerala government to take immediate steps to end ‘the politics of annihilation’ and allow the opposition to function freely.
Addressing journalists after visiting the house of RSS leader E Rajesh, who was hacked to death allegedly by CPI(M) workers last week, he said the way political opponents were executed in the state would put even terrorists to shame.
“I am deeply concerned about the kind of environment prevailing in the state. Political opponents are done away with in a brutal manner. The kind of wounds inflicted on victim Rajesh will embarrass even terrorists,” Jaitley said.
The RSS has demanded the imposition of President’s rule in the state in the wake of growing political clashes.
Jaitley said if similar violence had occurred in an NDA-ruled state, awards would have been returned, parliament disrupted and vigorous nation-wide campaigns launched. “There can’t be double standard on incidents of this magnitude,” he said.
The senior BJP leader said that every time the Left came to power, political violence witnessed a rise.
“Political will and determination by the state government needed to discipline its own cad- res rather than let them loose on political rivals,” he said adding the situation won’t improve if the police were not given a free hand to conduct probe into such incidents
Meanwhile the ruling CPI(M) paraded family members of 21 workers who were allegedly killed in RSS attacks. “If the minister is serious to end violence he should also visit the family members of those who lost lives and or injured in the RSS attack,” CPI (M) district secretary A Nagappan said. Jaitley said later that he has no problem in meeting them.
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has claimed vested interests were trying to destabilise an elected government.
Nobody can browbeat us. People will realise follies of those who want to portray the state in bad light,” he said.
The relation between the state and centre vitiated after the murder of the RSS activist in the state capital last week. The issue figured prominently in both Houses of parliament in past two days with BJP legislators dubbing the state as a “god forsaken country” due to the ‘worsening’ law and order situation. ALLAHABAD: A day after the video of a school manager thrashing students at Rudra Prayag Vidya Mandir School here went viral, an FIR was registered against him in Allahbad.
The action was taken on the complaint of Phaphamau police outpost in-charge Chandrabhushan Maurya.
The video showed school manager Satyendra Dwivedi thrashing the students, including two girls, when they had reportedly complained of heat in the classrooms and other problems at school. Parents of two of the students approached the police but later agreed to a compromise with the school authorities.
However, the video of the incident, which was reportedly shot by one of the school staff, went viral on the social media.
Taking note of the incident, inspector general of police (Allahabad range) Ramit Sharma instructed officials to lodge an FIR against the school manager.
Soraon station house officer Satendra Singh said the FIR was registered against the school manager under sections 74, 75, 82 and others of the Indian Penal Code. Unidentified people, who circulated the video on the social media, have been booked for violation of provisions of the IT Act. The video exposed the identity of the victimsed juveniles, which was an offence, he added.