Kerala CM accuses Centre of vindictive attitude over Wayanad relief
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday criticized the Central government for allegedly denying financial relief for the rehabilitation of Wayanad landslide survivors.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday condemned the killing of two Youth Congress workers in his state and assured action against the culprits.
Vijayan, a leader of the ruling Communist Party of India (CPI-M), also said that his party has nothing to do with the murders.
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“Very unfortunate incident,” he said in a statement referring to the killings of Krupesh and Sarathlal in Kerala’s Kasargod on 17 February.
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“Political murders have reduced in my time. CPM didn’t have any reason to plan this murder. There will be strict action against those involved in political murders,” Vijayan said.
According to reports, the activists, identified as Krupesh and Sarathlal, were attacked by three assailants who came in an SUV and hacked them to death. Krupesh died on the spot. Sarathlal passed away en route to a medical facility in Mangaluru, Karnataka.
The Congress blamed the CPI(M) for the attack.
While expressing condolences, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that his party will not rest till the murderers are brought to justice.
“The brutal murder of two members of our Youth Congress family in Kasargod, Kerala, is shocking. The Congress prty stands in solidarity with the families of these two young men and I send them my deepest condolences. We will not rest till the murderers are brought to justice,” Gandhi tweeted on Monday without pointing fingers at the CPI(M).
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But KPCC president Mullapally Ramachandran demanded Vijayan to tell “his people to give up weapons”.
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, too, held the CPI(M) responsible for the double murders and demanded that the culprits are arrested soon.
The United Democratic Front (UDF) opposition had called a dawn-to-dusk strike on 18 February across Kerala to protest the killings and demand justice.
The police on Monday took two people into custody in connection with the incident.
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