CM being audacious: VS

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 8. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. V. S. Achuthanandan, has accused the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, of being audacious on many an issue.

``It's the language of bloated ego that one hears from the Chief Minister,'' Mr. Achuthanandan said when asked to comment on the transfer of police officers in connection with the arrest of the Kozhikode DCC chief and his (Mr. Antony's) subsequent remarks on the issue.

Mr. Achuthanandan said it was clear to all that the police officers were transferred in the light of strident protest from different quarters. Mr. Antony, he said, should have shown the honesty to admit it. His haughty response to criticism was in continuation of his stand in the Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition said.

Asked whether there was any move so far to resolve the stalemate in the Assembly, Mr. Achuthanandan replied in the negative. The Opposition, he said, would offer cooperation if the Government sought it.

On the Speaker, Mr. Vakkom Purushothaman's reported remark that legislators who disrupt proceedings should be imprisoned, he said it reflected the Speaker's perception of power and its use.

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