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CPI(M) playing ‘political drama’: KPCC

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Government’s 11-member committee on Sachar report not representative: Chennithala

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday launched a strong attack against the CPI (M)-sponsored convention on the implementation of Sachar Committee recommendations, terming it as “political drama” and “vote bank politics.”

Replying to questions at a press conference here, Mr. Chennithala said that the LDF government had failed to fill the backlog in backward class job reservations as per the decisions on implementing the Narendran Commission report. The CPI (M) leadership had failed to implement the Sachar Committee recommendations in West Bengal, where the Muslim community had been denied its legitimate due in government services. Therefore, any campaign led by the CPI(M) on implementing the panel’s recommendation was bogus and was nothing but playing up to the gallery to further its vote bank politics.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already taken steps to implement the panel’s recommendations in the Central service. The LDF government had appointed an 11-member committee that was not representative in character. Representatives of the Opposition parties and various Muslim organisations have not been included in the committee. The LDF government did not adopt a transparent approach to the issue and was driven by vested political interest, he said.

Mr. Chennithala said the government affidavit on the status of Merchiston Estate vindicated the UDF stand on the controversial land deal. The government affidavits before the High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal had stated that Merchiston Estate was vested upon the government after the Ecologically Fragile Land Ordinance was promulgated in 2000.

Under the circumstances, the law did not permit either the Birlas, the former owners of Jayshree Tea Company which held the estate, to sell the land to Mr. Xavy Mano Mathew or Mr. Mathew to sell the land to the ISRO.

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