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The spat betwixt Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam wide secretary Vellappally Natesan and Communist Party of India (CPI) State caput Binoy Viswam intensified connected Friday, with Mr. Natesan accusing the CPI of taking wealth from him.
He besides charged the CPI with taking stances inimical to the interests of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), citing its strident disapproval of the authorities signing up for the PM SHRI scheme, which helium alleged had created an content of deficiency of unity wrong the alliance.
Mr. Natesan’s tirade against Mr. Viswam formed portion of a bid of exchanges triggered by the CPI’s appraisal that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s nationalist bonhomie with Mr. Natesan damaged the Left front’s prospects successful the caller section assemblage elections.
Responding to Mr. Viswam’s remarks that helium would not fto Mr. Natesan committee his authoritative car (as was done by the CM), Mr. Natesan said helium did not privation to get into Mr. Viswam’s vehicle. “Why should I committee his car? [CPI stalwarts] T.V. Thomas and M.N. Govindan Nair had travelled successful my car galore a time,” helium said, adding that helium inactive remembered what the CPI leaders said erstwhile they took money from him.
Mr. Natesan mislaid his chill erstwhile asked wherefore helium had precocious called a tv writer an “extremist.”
Rebutting the derisive comments, Mr. Viswam said portion the CPI mightiness person collected funds from Mr. Natesan for elections, it had not accepted immoderate amerciable wealth from him. “Nobody has entrusted Vellappally with giving grades to the parties successful the LDF oregon judging who’s right or wrong. Vellappally isn’t the LDF… The Sree Narayana question has an illustrious history, and those occupying its apical station should retrieve that they are holding a presumption illuminated by stalwarts similar Kumaran Asan,” Mr. Viswam said.
He added that helium was antithetic from Mr. Vijayan arsenic a idiosyncratic and that some held antithetic outlooks, erstwhile asked astir Mr. Vijayan justifying his car travel with Mr. Natesan by saying helium [Mr. Vijayan] wasn’t Binoy Viswam.
CPI(M) State caput M.V. Govindan connected Friday moderated his stance against Mr. Natesan, saying his party wouldn’t consider him a communal bigot for an isolated remark.
Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan, however, accused Mr. Vijayan of “using idiosyncratic other arsenic his mouthpiece to make a communal divide” successful the State, referring to Mr. Natesan’s connection that the IUML was trying to stoke communal tensions. Mr. Vijayan was trying to make communal hatred successful the aforesaid mode arsenic it was done by the Sangh Parivar, helium alleged.
On Friday evening, Youth Congress Kozhikode territory vice-president K. Sunand filed a petition with the State Police Chief alleging that Mr. Natesan was attempting to make communal disagreement successful society. In his email complaint, Mr. Sunand accused Mr. Natesan of portraying spiritual minorities arsenic extremists and sought the registration of a lawsuit against him for what helium described arsenic “inciting” remarks.
Meanwhile, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists demanded that Mr. Natesan apologise for his “communally charged remarks” if helium had adjacent an iota of content successful the teachings of Sree Narayana Guru. It besides asked the leaders adjacent to him and the SNDP Yogam to intervene and close his “feudal and fascist” behaviour.
