Kerala: UAPA issue rocked the Assembly

  • The recent arrest and invocation of anti-terror law UAPA on two CPM activists for their alleged Maoist links rocked the Kerala Assembly on Monday. 
     
  • Following this, Opposition UDF staged a walkout protesting denial of permission for an adjournment motion on the issue. 
     
  • Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala compared Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, to Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany. 
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  • Accusing the CM for giving a free hand to police to indulge in state terror, Chennithala said Kerala has become the first state to invoke the amended UAPA law with draconian provisions.
     
  • Pinarayi Vijayan repeated his stance that the state government will review the slapping of UAPA and will not allow misuse of the anti-terror law. He urged Opposition not to glorify Maoists and paint them as saints.

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