Political killings: All-party meet deferred after BJP protests

By Express News Service

ALAPPUZHA: The district administration has rescheduled the all-party assembly referred to as to defuse the strain prevailing in Alappuzha following the dual murders of a state chief every of SDPI and BJP to Tuesday. The choice was taken after BJP leaders protested strongly in opposition to holding the assembly on Monday at the same time as OBC Morcha state secretary Renjith Sreenivasan’s cremation acquired delayed.

The administration additionally prolonged the prohibitory orders declared within the district beneath Section 144 of CrPC until 6am on Wednesday after the district police chief submitted a report stating that there are possibilities of rigidity boiling over in sure locations.

District Collector A Alexander had introduced on Sunday that an all-party assembly can be held at 3pm on Monday. Ministers Saji Cheriyan and P Prasad have been to attend it. On Monday, he modified the time to 5pm. However, the sturdy protest by BJP compelled the collector to postpone the assembly to 4pm on Tuesday. 

BJP state president Ok Surendran mentioned the state authorities and police confirmed disrespect to Renjith’s physique. “Neither the district administration nor any state government official discuss the all-party meet with the BJP. “The postmortem of Renjith was delayed by one day citing the delay in getting the Covid test result on Sunday. The body was also kept in the mortuary which had no freezing facility. Since the postmortem examination was delayed purposely, Renjith’s cremation was also delayed,” Surendran mentioned. 

At the identical time, the state authorities and police had made all preparations for the funeral of the slain SDPI chief on time on Sunday itself, he alleged. “Nobody spoke to us earlier than fixing the assembly at 3pm and later suspending it to 5pm. There was no surety on when the postmortem examination can be accomplished. The physique was to be positioned at varied locations for the general public to pay homage.

Hence, the district administration’s choice to convene the all-party assembly on Monday was not acceptable to BJP. We usually are not in opposition to peaceable coexistence of individuals,” Surendran added. Party district president M V Gopakumar additionally condemned the transfer to convene the all-party meet with out discussing it with BJP. “The party could not fix the time of the funeral as the postmortem was delayed. The government and police delayed the postmortem, showing disrespect to our leader,” he mentioned.