THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following days of unprecedented political violence in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala, both CPM and BJP have vouched to bring peace in the region. Addressing the press after the talks, CPM district secretary Anavoor Nagappan said the party condemns the attacks.
“Both parties will take measures so that such incidents are not repeated. The leadership will be more careful. The district leadership will immediately intervene in case anything happens and make sure that such incidents are not repeated,” he said. District leaders from, BJP also said that the talks were healthy and all measures will be taken to restore peace. BJP district president A Suresh said, “We have brought it to the notice of the CPM that in Trivandrum some criminals are becoming politicians and politicians are becoming criminals. We said that CPM should understand this and deal with criminals.” When asked about the action taken against workers of his party who were involved in the violence, he said that they are not satisfied with the police action as they feel that some of their workers were arrested under political pressure. Suresh said they want the police to re-look their methods.
“If they arrest the right people we have no issues. If we find that any of our workers were involved in the attack, we will discuss it and take appropriate action.” Also, the BJP has released CCTV visuals of their office being attacked by members of the ruling CPM. Following which, the Left party suspended their councillor IP Binu and a student wing leader.
After the murder of RSS activist Rajesh, CPM had claimed that the party does not have any role in the murder and that the accused hailed from different parties. Police said that it was a case of personal enmity and that local politics led to the murder. Locals say that they are concerned about such political violence. Satheesh Chandram, a resident, said, “We are extremely worried about these incidents.”
