An all-party meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday adopted a unanimous resolution to insulate Kerala’s secular democratic polity from “devious attempts to cause dangerous societal disunity”.
The twin blasts that claimed three lives and injured 41 people at a Jehovah’s Witness prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district on Sunday prompted the government to take Opposition leaders into confidence to tackle any fraught social situation that might unfold, given the alleged attempts by certain quarters to create “enmity” between different faiths by “spreading hate, fear and disinformation.”
Mr. Vijayan apprised top Opposition leaders of the contours of the crime allegedly perpetrated by a “disenchanted” former member of the evangelist group. He also briefed them about the ongoing police investigation.
