The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition walked out of the Kerala Legislative Assembly on February 12 (Monday) accusing the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of dismally failing to protect the life and property of nearly 50 lakh families, a majority of them settler farmers, living near forests in the State.
The wild elephant attack that claimed the life of an agriculture worker, Ajeesh, at Mananthavady in Wayanad on February 10 prompted Congress legislator T. Siddique to move an adjournment notice seeking the leave of the House to discuss the threat posed to human habitations by wild animals spilling out of forest reserves to farmlands and residential locations in search of prey and forage.
Mr. Siddique accused the government of failing to track the radio-collared elephant that caused Ajeesh’s death in real time.
