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Vizhinjam: Rajagopal criticises CPI(M) stand

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Union Minister and BJP leader O. Rajagopal has criticised the "insistence'' of the CPI(M) to have the proposed Vizhinjam International Container Transhipment Project executed by certain companies from China.

At a press conference here on Saturday, Mr. Rajagopal said national security should be of paramount concern to all Indians. (The Union Government denied clearance for the proposed project due to security reasons, since the State Government selected a consortium involving two Chinese companies to execute the works. And the CPI(M) in the State, especially its State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, has been attacking the Union Government for its "unexplainable prejudice to Chinese companies.")

Mr. Rajagopal said the proposed project was, no doubt, very important for the State, as well as the country.

However, the State Government should explore ways to develop the project without compromising national security, he said.

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