Pinarayi distorted my phrases, attempting to create animosity: NSS chief

By Express News Service
KOTTAYAM: The confrontation between the LDF and Nair Service Society (NSS) continued to boil over even after the Assembly election outcomes are out, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and society common secretary G Sukumaran Nair as soon as once more locking horns over the latter’s poll-day assertion in opposition to the Left rule within the state.

In reply to Pinarayi’s touch upon Monday that the NSS chief’s poll-day assertion was a message to his followers to vote in opposition to the LDF, Nair mentioned the CM’s assertion was in opposition to information. “In fact, I didn’t make any statement on the poll day, but responded to a few queries of the media persons. I still stand firm on my words. The CM shouldn’t have made an attempt to create a misunderstanding among the people and animosity towards the NSS and its leadership by distorting and politicising my words,” Nair mentioned.

“Neither the NSS nor its general secretary had claimed or gained any undue favour from this government. As many as 160 communities are the beneficiaries of the 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in the forward communities. Though the state government  is bound to implement the Central government’s decision on 10 per cent reservation for EWS, the proceedings in this regard remain incomplete,” he mentioned.

Nair mentioned NSS didn’t imagine its demand for notifying Mannath Padmanabhan’s birthday as a vacation below the Negotiable Instruments Act was incorrect. “Some LDF leaders have taken a cheap stand against the NSS and its leadership, which will be taken into account with due seriousness by the organisation and the community members. Moreover, NSS would continue its stand on the protection of faith. We don’t see any religious or political element in it. NSS has the right to register its opinion irrespective of which political front is in power. NSS has done it so far and will continue to do it in future,” he mentioned.