Monday, May 28, 2012
Narendra Modi Strongly Reacts against C.P.M Murder Politics
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & Cong spokesman Rashid Alvi criticised the CPM leaders and the Centre for not acting punitively against party leader M M Mani's boast of murdering their political opponents.AHMEDABAD: Narendra Modi today took on CPM saying that the language used by them is similar to that of terrorists.
Modi was reacting to a speech made by CPM's Idukki district secretary M M Mani in which he stated that there had been instances of the party eliminating political rivals.
"When leader of a political party says that we murder our political rivals, it is dangerous to our democracy. Where is NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)? We should raise our voice against such acts. Our workers keep giving their lives in Kerala," Modi said.
"Is Delhi government sleeping and what is Kerala government doing on the issue," Modi remarked.
"This language is same that of terrorists, Maoists and Naxalists," he further said.
Mani's speech had sparked a raging political row in the country with the Congress and BJP saying it exposed CPM's "politics of violence". Speaking at a CPM event yesterday, Mani was trying to de-link the party from the May 4 murder in Kozhikode that has led to the arrest of about half a dozen of its leaders and activists.
"If the party had had any role in the murder, it would not have been afraid to admit it," Mani bragged.
As proof, he reeled off details about three earlier murders of political opponents.
Mani said the CPM had in the past drawn up a list of opponents in his district and, consequently, three Congress activists were killed.
The first, Ancheri Baby -- a worker of Congress labour arm INTUC -- was bumped off in the 1980s; another was hacked to death and the third beaten to death, he said.
For good measure, Mani warned that the party would not shy away from neutralising its foes in the future, too, if necessary.
His comments have come as a blow to CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's efforts to distance the party from the Chandrasekharan murder on the ground that physical annihilation of detractors was not part of party policy.
Congress chief minister Oommen Chandy described Mani's comments as "serious" and said that suitable legal action would be taken.
Rubbing it in, he asked Vijayan to react to Mani's claims.
State police chief Jacob Punnoose has asked the district superintendent of police for a report on the contents of Mani's speech.
Leaders of the ruling United Democratic Front have demanded that a case be registered against Mani.
The mother of Ancheri Baby asked a private TV channel that the 1980s killing should be reinvestigated. All the seven people arrested in the case were acquitted for want of evidence.
As for Chandrasekharan's murder, sources claim the investigators have obtained evidence that the plot was hatched at the higher levels of the party.
ANI | May 28, 2012,
AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi on Sunday criticized the leadership of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the central government for not condemning and acting punitively against party leader M M Mani's boast of murdering their political opponents.
Addressing a function of BJP supporters in Ahmedabad, Modi described Mani's boast as shameful and questioned whether human rights organizations across the country, and in other parts of the world, were sleeping and not taking up this issue with more vigour.
Alvi described the boast as tragic and unfortunate, and demanded that the CPI-M leadership apply strictures on Mani, an influential Kerala CPM leader.
Mani had in a statement "revealed" that the party had "killed" political opponents in the past, pushing the Marxists on the back foot at a time they are trying to disown the murder of a former rebel.
The Kerala CPM outfit, which is led by Pinarayi Vijayan, said that Mani had deviated from the party line, and therefore, his statement is disowned.
Ironically, Mani, the CPM's Idukki district secretary, made his explosive remarks while trying to defend the party against allegations of plotting the killing of T P Chandrasekharan, who had left the CPM in 2008 and floated the Revolutionary Marxist Party.
Speaking at a CPM event on Saturday, Mani was trying to de-link the party from the May 4 murder in Kozhikode that has led to the arrest of about half a dozen of its leaders and activists.
"If the party had had any role in the murder, it would not have been afraid to admit it," Mani bragged. As proof, he reeled off details about three earlier murders of political opponents.
Mani said the CPM had in the past drawn up a list of opponents in his district and, consequently, three Congress activists were killed.The first, Ancheri Baby - a worker of Congress labour arm INTUC - was bumped off in the 1980s; another was hacked to death and the third beaten to death, he said.
For good measure, Mani warned that the party would not shy away from neutralising its foes in the future, too, if necessary. His comments have come as a blow to CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's efforts to distance the party from the Chandrasekharan murder on the ground that physical annihilation of detractors was not part of party policy.
Congress chief minister Oommen Chandy described Mani's comments as "serious" and said that suitable legal action would be taken. Rubbing it in, he asked Vijayan to react to Mani's claims.
State police chief Jacob Punnoose has asked the district superintendent of police for a report on the contents of Mani's speech. Leaders of the ruling United Democratic Front have demanded that a case be registered against Mani.
The mother of Ancheri Baby asked a private TV channel that the 1980s killing should be reinvestigated. All the seven people arrested in the case were acquitted for want of evidence.
As for Chandrasekharan's murder, sources claim the investigators have obtained evidence that the plot was hatched at the higher levels of the party.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Chandrasekharan murder: Three taken into custody
Kozhikode: The Kerala Police Saturday took into custody three suspects who are believed to be involved in the brutal murder of a former firebrand leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), who was hacked to death near here.
T.P. Chandrasekharan, 51, was killed in Onchiyam near here Friday night while returning home on a two-wheeler. Police said his face was badly disfigured.
The vehicle which the killers used, an Innova, has also been taken into custody.
Speaking to IANS, a top police officer on condition of anonymity, said that those who have been picked up include facilitators, who are also likely to be involved in the crime.
'So far, no arrests have been made. But the investigation is going on. We are certain that we will be able to crack the case,' said the top police official.
Director General of Police Jacob Punnoose told the media in New Delhi: 'As of now it looks like a pre-planned attack. A special police team has been formed to investigate it.'
Chandrasekharan's body was taken from the Kozhikode Medical College hospital to the Town Hall for the public to pay homage and from there, it was taken to his home town.
The funeral will take place Saturday night.
Everywhere, huge crowds had gathered to have a one last look of the popular local leader who was brutally murdered.
Meanwhile, both the ruling coalition as well as the opposition traded charges over the murder.
The Congress Saturday blamed the CPI-M for the murder.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) had called for a 12-hour state-wide shutdown Saturday which went off peacefully with shops and offices downing their shutters, but vehicles were allowed to ply.
State Congress president Ramesh Chennithala, who reached Kozhikode told reporters that he has got information that this was a brutal crime that had the concurrence of the CPI- M.
'And now, it is for the police to come out with the truth. This crime shows how the CPI-M deals with its political adversaries,' said Chennithala.
Home Minister T. Radhakrishnan has ordered a probe. Without naming anyone, he said it was known who was behind the murder.
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy arrived from New Delhi in the wake of the incident.
He reached the home of the deceased and met up with the immediate family members and assured them that the police will crack the case and the guilty will be booked.
Left Democratic Front (LDF) convenor Vaikom Viswam denied the CPI-M's hand in the killing.
'This is (meant) to malign our party,' he said. 'We demand an impartial inquiry.'
Chandrasekharan was close to former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who now heads the opposition in the assembly, who came to pay his last respects.
Chandrasekharan had left the CPI-M in 2008. In the 2009 local body polls, he led his newly-formed Revolutionary Marxist Party to victory in his home panchayat in Onchiyam and also in the nearby villages.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
CPI state secretary CK Chandrappan passes away
Thiruvananthapuram: CPI stalwart C K Chandrappan, a dominant figure of Indian mainstream Left or the last several decades and former Lok Sabha member, died in a private hospital here today, party sources said. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer for the last few months and was admitted to hospital two days back after he suffered an infection.
CPI's Kerala state secretary, Chandrappan (77) is survived by wife Bulu Roychoudhury, who was with him when the end came. Chandrappan was elected to Lok Sabha from Thalassery in 1971, Kannur in 1977 and from Thrissur in 2004. He was also elected to Kerala Assembly twice from hometown Cherthala. Hailing from the Communist fortress Vayalar in Alappuzha district,he was born on November 10, 1936 as son of Ammukutty Amma and C K Kumara Panicker, the legendary leader of the Vayalar uprising that shook the princely state Travancore on the eve of Independence.
Entering politics at a very young age as activist of the Communist Party's student wing AISF, he held all-India positions in the Communist youth and student outfits. As a youth leader, he participated in the struggle for liberation of Goa from Portuguese hold. Ideologically, Chandrappan was known as a follower of late leader S A Dange, who famously propounded the line of Congress-Communist strategic alliance. However, he remained with the parent party when some of Dange's followers left
the party in late 1970s.
He became the party's Kerala state Secretary last year and was re-elected for a three year term to the post last month. Suave, softspoken and studious, Chandrappan made a deep impression as a serious debater in Parliament and assembly as he was well versed in a wide range of international and national issues. PTI
Credits M/E
CPI's Kerala state secretary, Chandrappan (77) is survived by wife Bulu Roychoudhury, who was with him when the end came. Chandrappan was elected to Lok Sabha from Thalassery in 1971, Kannur in 1977 and from Thrissur in 2004. He was also elected to Kerala Assembly twice from hometown Cherthala. Hailing from the Communist fortress Vayalar in Alappuzha district,he was born on November 10, 1936 as son of Ammukutty Amma and C K Kumara Panicker, the legendary leader of the Vayalar uprising that shook the princely state Travancore on the eve of Independence.
Entering politics at a very young age as activist of the Communist Party's student wing AISF, he held all-India positions in the Communist youth and student outfits. As a youth leader, he participated in the struggle for liberation of Goa from Portuguese hold. Ideologically, Chandrappan was known as a follower of late leader S A Dange, who famously propounded the line of Congress-Communist strategic alliance. However, he remained with the parent party when some of Dange's followers left
the party in late 1970s.
He became the party's Kerala state Secretary last year and was re-elected for a three year term to the post last month. Suave, softspoken and studious, Chandrappan made a deep impression as a serious debater in Parliament and assembly as he was well versed in a wide range of international and national issues. PTI
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Anoop Jacob sworn in as MLA
Thiruvananthapuram: Anoop Jacob, who was elected to Kerala assembly from Piravom as UDF candidate, took oath as member of the House today.
In the bypoll necessitated following the death of his father T M Jacob, Anoop retained the seat for Kerala Congress
(Jacob) with an impressive margin of 12,070 votes over his CPI-M rival M J Jacob when the votes were counted yesterday.
Anoop is expected to be inducted in the Oommen Chandy cabinet as he is the lone member of KC-J, a constituent of the
ruling Congress-led UDF.
Anoop, 34, a first-time MLA, took oath before the start of the zero hour in the House. Before taking oath, he sought the
blessings of leaders in the front row including Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan.
The state committee of the UDF would decide on the date of his induction in the cabinet and also the portfolio. His
father was holding Food and Civil Supplies portfolio at the time of his death in last October. PTI
In the bypoll necessitated following the death of his father T M Jacob, Anoop retained the seat for Kerala Congress
(Jacob) with an impressive margin of 12,070 votes over his CPI-M rival M J Jacob when the votes were counted yesterday.
Anoop is expected to be inducted in the Oommen Chandy cabinet as he is the lone member of KC-J, a constituent of the
ruling Congress-led UDF.
Anoop, 34, a first-time MLA, took oath before the start of the zero hour in the House. Before taking oath, he sought the
blessings of leaders in the front row including Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan.
The state committee of the UDF would decide on the date of his induction in the cabinet and also the portfolio. His
father was holding Food and Civil Supplies portfolio at the time of his death in last October. PTI
CPI-M behind newspaper agents' strike: Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing strike by a section of agents affiliated to the CITU which had disrupted distribution of newspapers in some parts of Kerala is the handiwork of CPI-M which is using `coercive' methods to threaten dailies which did not toe their line,Public Relations Minister K C Joseph has said.
In a statement here, Joseph said the strike imposed by CPI-M's trade union outfit disrupting newsaper distribution
was a threat to freedom of the press.
He said the CITU should make it clear why they exempted party-owned newspapers from the stir.
'The strike is a direct attack on freedom of expression and free journalitic activities. Social and cultural leaders
should come out in protest against the unwarranted strike,' Joseph said in the statement.
A section of newspaper agents in the state have been on strike for the last few days demanding increase in commission,
resulting in disruption of distribution of mainstream papers in some areas. PTI
In a statement here, Joseph said the strike imposed by CPI-M's trade union outfit disrupting newsaper distribution
was a threat to freedom of the press.
He said the CITU should make it clear why they exempted party-owned newspapers from the stir.
'The strike is a direct attack on freedom of expression and free journalitic activities. Social and cultural leaders
should come out in protest against the unwarranted strike,' Joseph said in the statement.
A section of newspaper agents in the state have been on strike for the last few days demanding increase in commission,
resulting in disruption of distribution of mainstream papers in some areas. PTI
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thumping Victory for UDF - Anoop Wins with margin over 10000
The Congress-led United Democratic Front's (UDF) Anup Jacob won the Piravom assembly by-election in Kerala Wednesday.
Anup Jacob, 34, son of former minister T.M. Jacob, won with a margin of 12,070 votes, defeating his father's old rival, M.J. Jacob of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). While Anoop Jacob (Kerala Congress-Jacob), a constituent
of the UDF, garnered 82,756 votes, LDF'S M J Jacob got 70,686 votes. BJP's K R Rajagopal polled 3241 votes.
It took only 2 hours for the counting process to get over. Counting which began at 8 am was over well before 10 am.Counting first began at the Tiruvankulam and Chottanikara panchayats.
Postal votes was taken up first and LDF candidate M J Jacob took a initial lead. After that Chottanikara and Thiruvankulam panchayat votes were taken up where M J Jacob took a initial lead of 200 votes.
But LDF camp expected a lead of more than 2000 votes from these two panchayaths but secured a lead of only 200 votes. With this lead the LDF camp lost expectations. Later UDF gained clear leads in every panchayat. Anoop who secured lead after the counting of Mulathuruthy panchayath, gradually increased his lead. After the counting was completed in Ambaloor, the lead rose to 5000 and shot up after the counting of Piravom and Thirumaradi. His lead crossed 10,000 after the counting in Elanji panchayat and he bagged a lead of 12,070 votes.
The counting began at 8 am at the Nirmala Juniors school, Muvattupuzha. The results are expected after 10 rounds of
counting.
Over 400 police personnel have been deployed for security.
A record polling of 86.3 per cent was registered in the constiutency this time.
Anoop Jacob is the UDF candidate and his LDF rival M J Jacob.
The bypoll was necessecitated following the death of former minister, T M Jacob, father of Anoop Jacob.
With the death of T M Jacob, the UDF strength in the 140 member Assembly had gone down to 71, while in the LDF camp,
the recent resignation of Neyyatinkara MLA, Selvraj has reduced its strength to 67.
T M Jacob had won by a slender margin of 157 votes in 2011 assembly polls.
Kochi: In a boost to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the ruling Congress-led UDF in Kerala Wednesday retained the Piravom assembly seat with its candidate Anoop Jacob winning by a margin of 12,070 votes.
While Anoop Jacob (Kerala Congress-Jacob), a constituent of the UDF, garnered 82,756 votes, LDF'S M J Jacob got 70,686 votes. BJP's K R Rajagopal polled 3241 votes.
There were nine candidates in the fray in the March 17 bypoll, whose outcome today has given a boost to Chandy, who is running the government with a wafer thin margin.
Both the UDF and the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) had launched a stiff fight in the constituency, represented by Anoop's father and former minister T M Jacob. His death necessiated the bypoll.
A record polling of 86.3 per cent was registered in the constituency this time.
The battle was crucial for both the fronts as UDF's stregth had been reduced to 71 in the 140 member assembly with the death of T M Jacob, while LDF's strength had come down to 67 with the recent resignation of Neyyatinkara Selvaraj of CPM from the assembly that led to his expulsion from the party later.
The UDF camp is upbeat as the victory was by a margin of over 12,000 votes as T M Jacob had won by a slender margin of 157 votes in 2011 assembly polls.
The UDF had accepted the challenge of the LDF that the poll outcome would be a referendum on the nine-month-old Oommen Chandy led government's performance
Anup Jacob, 34, son of former minister T.M. Jacob, won with a margin of 12,070 votes, defeating his father's old rival, M.J. Jacob of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). While Anoop Jacob (Kerala Congress-Jacob), a constituent
of the UDF, garnered 82,756 votes, LDF'S M J Jacob got 70,686 votes. BJP's K R Rajagopal polled 3241 votes.
It took only 2 hours for the counting process to get over. Counting which began at 8 am was over well before 10 am.Counting first began at the Tiruvankulam and Chottanikara panchayats.
Postal votes was taken up first and LDF candidate M J Jacob took a initial lead. After that Chottanikara and Thiruvankulam panchayat votes were taken up where M J Jacob took a initial lead of 200 votes.
But LDF camp expected a lead of more than 2000 votes from these two panchayaths but secured a lead of only 200 votes. With this lead the LDF camp lost expectations. Later UDF gained clear leads in every panchayat. Anoop who secured lead after the counting of Mulathuruthy panchayath, gradually increased his lead. After the counting was completed in Ambaloor, the lead rose to 5000 and shot up after the counting of Piravom and Thirumaradi. His lead crossed 10,000 after the counting in Elanji panchayat and he bagged a lead of 12,070 votes.
The counting began at 8 am at the Nirmala Juniors school, Muvattupuzha. The results are expected after 10 rounds of
counting.
Over 400 police personnel have been deployed for security.
A record polling of 86.3 per cent was registered in the constiutency this time.
Anoop Jacob is the UDF candidate and his LDF rival M J Jacob.
The bypoll was necessecitated following the death of former minister, T M Jacob, father of Anoop Jacob.
With the death of T M Jacob, the UDF strength in the 140 member Assembly had gone down to 71, while in the LDF camp,
the recent resignation of Neyyatinkara MLA, Selvraj has reduced its strength to 67.
T M Jacob had won by a slender margin of 157 votes in 2011 assembly polls.
Kochi: In a boost to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the ruling Congress-led UDF in Kerala Wednesday retained the Piravom assembly seat with its candidate Anoop Jacob winning by a margin of 12,070 votes.
While Anoop Jacob (Kerala Congress-Jacob), a constituent of the UDF, garnered 82,756 votes, LDF'S M J Jacob got 70,686 votes. BJP's K R Rajagopal polled 3241 votes.
There were nine candidates in the fray in the March 17 bypoll, whose outcome today has given a boost to Chandy, who is running the government with a wafer thin margin.
Both the UDF and the CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) had launched a stiff fight in the constituency, represented by Anoop's father and former minister T M Jacob. His death necessiated the bypoll.
A record polling of 86.3 per cent was registered in the constituency this time.
The battle was crucial for both the fronts as UDF's stregth had been reduced to 71 in the 140 member assembly with the death of T M Jacob, while LDF's strength had come down to 67 with the recent resignation of Neyyatinkara Selvaraj of CPM from the assembly that led to his expulsion from the party later.
The UDF camp is upbeat as the victory was by a margin of over 12,000 votes as T M Jacob had won by a slender margin of 157 votes in 2011 assembly polls.
The UDF had accepted the challenge of the LDF that the poll outcome would be a referendum on the nine-month-old Oommen Chandy led government's performance
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