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Kerala
By Our Special Correspondent
"Why should Karunakaran lie? He must have garnered enough support to ensure that what happened at the time of the Rajya Sabha polls does not recur and nothing goes wrong even if one or two back out. In any case, this Government is not going to last beyond January, but we are of the view that caution should be the watchword,'' Mr. Achuthanandan told reporters here today. He was commenting on the Karunakaran faction's claim that it had the backing of 34 UDF MLAs and could move in any time for the kill. He, however, said that the Opposition was not pinning its hopes on the Karunakaran faction's claims. "We are going ahead with our campaign for the removal of the Speaker and our effort is to get the Assembly convened to discuss our resolution. Although we placed our demand before the Chief Minister three weeks back, there has not been any response,'' he said. Mr. Achuthanandan said that the Opposition's 40 MLAs were a "fixed deposit" and the job of finding the remaining MLAs to oust Mr. Antony from office rested with those who wanted it. The Opposition had, for the last two-and-a-half years, been working on its own highlighting the Antony Government's "misrule. That was when a demand for Mr. Antony's removal came from within the Congress, he said. The Opposition, he pointed out, would have to eat humble pie even if a 1995-like decision for a change of guard within the Congress was taken. The LDF would, therefore, see whether those seeking to replace Mr. Antony had planned to follow the same policies and then decide on backing them, he added. Mr. Achuthanandan said that the Government's refusal to convene the Assembly showed that it was afraid to face the Assembly. If it was confident of having majority support, it could solve all its problems by simply convening the Assembly and putting the Opposition resolution to vote. It could thus make amends for all its recent defeats and come out victorious. Therefore, instead of challenging others to go to the Governor to display their support base, Mr. Antony should show the courage to convene the Assembly, Mr. Achuthanandan said.
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