All these opposing SilverLine not anti-Left: CPI

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Already pushed to the wall on the SilverLine situation with protest raging throughout the state and the Centre hinting it’s unlikely to provide the ultimate nod, the Pinarayi Vijayan authorities on Friday drew flak from its main Left ally CPI for the undue haste with which procedural formalities for the undertaking are being rushed via.

Questioning the way in which the semi high-speed rail undertaking is being applied, CPI assistant secretary Ok Prakash Babu needed the federal government to take the folks into confidence first. He reminded the federal government that “all those who oppose the project need not be anti-Left”. “The state government should correct certain things regarding project implementation… By addressing the concerns raised by the stakeholders, by convincing people about the project, we can implement SilverLine,” he stated at a Joint Council assembly right here.

‘Actions taken by some officials raise concerns’

Prakash Babu criticised the officers for exhibiting undue haste. The actions taken by some officers elevate main issues. If folks’s issues are addressed, they themselves will come out towards the opposition. There’s no urgency that the undertaking ought to be applied at this time itself. The authorities can go forward with the undertaking solely in a peaceable setting.”