Chandy questions secretariat siege’s rationale, Left adamant
13 Aug 2013 4:42 AM IST
Hours before the Left’s ‘secretariat siege’, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday questioned the rationale for the protest even as the opposition party remained adamant on going away with the stir. The state secretariat is the seat of the Kerala government and the Left opposition has announced that starting Monday, no one will be allowed to enter until Chandy resigns for the solar scam.
On the other hand, Chandy told reporters that the central paramilitary forces, now deployed in and around the secretariat, have been asked to help the state government to see that normal life of the ordinary citizen is not affected. ‘The responsibility of any state government is to see that law and order is maintained and it is for the people that the central forces have been summoned,’ he said.
‘If the siege is peaceful then there is no problem at all, but if they create problems then it will be dealt with. I only want to know what if the Left was in power would have done in similar circumstances,’ he asked.
On the other hand, Chandy told reporters that the central paramilitary forces, now deployed in and around the secretariat, have been asked to help the state government to see that normal life of the ordinary citizen is not affected. ‘The responsibility of any state government is to see that law and order is maintained and it is for the people that the central forces have been summoned,’ he said.
‘If the siege is peaceful then there is no problem at all, but if they create problems then it will be dealt with. I only want to know what if the Left was in power would have done in similar circumstances,’ he asked.
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