Even as the police and the government faced criticism for failing to prevent the murders of SDPI and RSS workers in Palakkad, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) alleged that there was a deliberate attempt to portray Kerala as a State of lawlessness.
The LDF district committee raised doubts about the visit of BJP State president K. Surendran in the district two days before SDPI worker A. Subair’s murder. “We seriously doubt the BJP leadership’s involvement in it. It should be investigated,” said CPI(M) district secretary E.N. Suresh Babu. He alleged that both murders had taken place with the knowledge and involvement of the RSS and the SDPI leaderships.
Mr. Surendran, however, denied the allegation saying that it was baseless and did not warrant a reply. The LDF district committee said here that the untoward incidents at Elappully and Melamuri should not be considered as a failure of law and order in the State. It was a deliberate attempt being made to communally polarize the people.
