Pinarayi Vijayan accuses UDF govt of using police to suppress democratic protests in Keralam
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Thiruvananthapuram, Leader of the Opposition in the Keralam Assembly, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Tuesday accused the UDF government of using the police to suppress democratic protests, alleging that it was following the Sangh Parivar's fascist policies.
Adding to this, Pinarayi Vijayan accuses UDF govt of using police to suppress democratic protests in Keralam In a Facebook post, Vijayan referred to the alleged police brutality against protesting Students Federation of India activists in Palakkad of late and the lathi charge against members of the CPI's student wing at a Kerala University hostel last month. He alleged that "police atrocities are rising day by day".
Meanwhile, The Marxist veteran claimed the incidents showed the Home Department had failed in its duties.
Notably, He warned that if the government did not immediately rein in the police and ensure that the force acted in accordance with the law, the state would witness strong public protests.
As per the latest buzz, The former CM claimed that SFI activists, including female students, were brutally assaulted in Palakkad of late by a police officer who was allegedly drunk.
In further updates, Vijayan shared the students were protesting against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and alleged that the state government had sought to suppress their protest by adopting the Sangh Parivar's alleged tactics of using "lathis and drugs".
On top of that, "Even though the students immediately brought the incident to the attention of the authorities, and the media aired footage of it, no action was taken. The police officer was quickly taken away from the spot by other officers in a police vehicle," he shared, referring to the Palakkad incident.
The opposition leader contended that the government agreed to suspend the officer concerned only after the issue was strongly raised in the state Assembly.
Source: Hindustan Times