Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the escalating man-animal conflicts in the State cannot be addressed without amending the Wildlife Protection Act, and if anyone has to be blamed for the situation, it should be the Congress and the BJP.
Opening the LDF Kannur Lok Sabha constituency convention and election committee office at the collectorate ground here on Thursday, Mr. Vijayan said the State alone could not be held responsible for the situation.
“The State has no right to amend a Central law. The current government at the Centre has to take steps to amend the law. However, the BJP followed what the Congress did, and the present Union Minister said the Act could not be amended. Hence, both the Congress and the BJP are responsible for the growing man-animal conflicts,” he said.
