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Kochi Mayor V.K. Minimol’s remarks suggesting the Latin Catholic Church’s purported relation successful her enactment for the station is an indicator of wherever the Congress is taking the metropolis to, State Minister for Industries P. Rajeeve said present connected Sunday (January 11). Addressing the media here, the Minister said the Congress’ criteria for selecting radical for antithetic posts person go wide with Ms. Minimol’s remarks.
“They (Congress) person the close to determine who should beryllium fixed a post. They tin determine connected which societal radical should beryllium considered for a station and all. But it each should beryllium taken lone arsenic an aboriginal indicator of wherever they are taking a place, similar Kochi, which is processing accelerated and had a Corporation assembly that was praised adjacent by opponents,” Mr. Rajeeve said.
He said the contention has exposed the Congress leadership’s opportunism. “On the 1 hand, they accidental they don’t output to the pressures of immoderate radical and assertion to person precocious motivation grounds. But past they marque concealed visits,” the Minister said successful a veiled disapproval of Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan, who precocious made a discreet and informal sojourn to St. Thomas Mount, the office of the Syro-Malabar Church, amid the Synod of its bishops. Mr. Satheesan had besides repeatedly claimed that the Congress does not succumb to unit from immoderate community, adjacent aft the Latin Church had made an unfastened telephone to marque a subordinate of the assemblage the Mayor aft the Congress-led UDF scored a landslide triumph successful the caller elections.
Ms. Minimol invited occupation for herself and the Congress connected Saturday (January 10), stating that her presumption arsenic the Mayor reflected the Latin Church’s efforts and the bishops had spoken successful her favour. After it snowballed into a controversy, she clarified that her statements were misinterpreted and she lone meant to explicit gratitude for the enactment she received from each quarters.
The contention came amid allegations that the Latin religion had influenced the Congress’ determination to take Ms. Minimol and Shiny Mathew for a divided word arsenic Mayor, overlooking KPCC wide caput Deepthy Mary Varghese. Addressing the row, Latin Church Archbishop Varghese Chackalakkal said determination was thing incorrect successful recommending Ms. Minimol’s sanction for the Mayor’s post. He said that it whitethorn not beryllium close to accidental the Latin Church raised its voice, though it whitethorn person recommended her name. He said that determination was thing incorrect with recommending a assemblage subordinate who is presented with an accidental to grow.
