Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan had to face embarrassing moments at Kazhakuttam, near here, during his visit to a neighbourhood as part of an outreach programme against the SilverLine rail project on Saturday, when a family declared support for the project and announced willingness to give up their land for the proposed rail corridor.
Brushing aside the Minister’s attempt to highlight the drawbacks of the project, the family said they had no problem in parting with their land. Television footage of the incident showed a woman in the house raising slogans hailing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the LDF government’s approach to development. “We stand with the government and we want this project to be implemented,” she said.
