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Let better sense prevail

Nothing could have raised greater amount of public concern in Kannur than reports of political violence. Now the violent retaliatory political culture appears to be a thing of the past.

Recent incidents of clashes between rival political activists in some parts of the district are seen as particularly alarming because it involved attacks on properties, including houses and vehicles.

When Assembly election is only months away, such incidents bode ill for a district that now claims to have come out of the culture of political violence.

The incidents at Pappinissery the other day were the outcome of the clashes between CPI(M) and NDF. But frenzied culprits on both sides attacked half-a-dozen houses and damaged as many vehicles in a night-long show of vandalism.

Similar incidents occurred earlier at Ariyil in the Pattuvam panchayat in which a local IUML office and a madrassa came under attack.

While IUML leadership accused CPI(M) workers of instigating violence, the CPI(M) leadership blamed it on criminal elements from outside.

People hope that better sense will prevail among all parties concerned to ensure peace in the district.

Mohamed Nazeer

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