By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As Kerala continued to witness raging protests by individuals towards the Left authorities’s flagship Silver Line rail hall undertaking, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday categorically made it clear that the multi-crore infrastructure initiative could be carried out as introduced with the help of the individuals of the southern state.
Rejecting the continuing agitations being reported from varied components of the state towards the laying of survey stones, he mentioned such demonstrations have been towards the event of the land and not one of the tasks introduced by the federal government would stay solely on papers.
The CM additionally accused the opposition Congress and BJP of adopting a stand towards the progress of the state, however warned them that the frequent individuals have been conscious of their motive.
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“The opposition Congress has become a group which stands against the progress of the land. The BJP also adopts a similar position…Whatever projects have been announced by the government, they all will be implemented with the support of the people,” Vijayan mentioned whereas talking at a perform in Kollam.
However, opposition Congress-UDF and BJP reiterated their stand saying they will not enable the Marxist Party authorities to implement the Silver Line undertaking as individuals of the state have been vehemently opposing it and they’d prolong all help to the commoners who stage protests in varied locations.
Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan mentioned the UDF has taken over the anti-Silver Line agitation and would proceed to take away the survey stones being laid by the authorities as a part of the implementation of the undertaking.
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“The people of the state will not allow such a project to happen in our state. We are with such common people. We will continue our fight,” he advised reporters in Kochi.
Union Minister V Muraleedharan visited Madappally, a tiny hamlet in Kottayam district, the place police had forcibly eliminated agitators together with ladies because the protest turned violent two days in the past, and lent an ear to the issues of native individuals.
Later, the senior BJP chief assured them that the central authorities had not given any nod to the state authorities to implement the undertaking.
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“People won’t allow the government to implement such projects. The Centre already made it clear that they have given no nod for the initiative. No one can implement such a project through the means of violence in the democratic India,” he advised reporters.
Strongly condemning the alleged police motion towards individuals, particularly ladies protesters, he sought to know whether or not the federal government was conducting the social affect examine by dragging them on roads.
Muraleedharan additionally charged that the “police high handedness” in Madappally was a “pre-planned” one as police personnel got here sporting helmets and avoiding their title boards to dam all potential possibilities to recognise them.
Meanwhile, protests continued in a number of locations within the state at the moment together with Tirur in Malapppuram and Chottanikkara in Ernakulam district, the place numerous individuals particularly ladies got here out on road protesting towards Okay-Rail officers who got here to put in survey stones.
