Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran on Saturday said the State government was trying to get away from the paddy farmers’ issue by terming the voices supporting them “politically motivated.”
He was speaking to reporters after meeting farmers at Ramankary in Kuttanad. Several farmers in the region are yet to receive payments for paddy procured from them in the last puncha (first) crop season, he said.
The KPCC chief said that cyberattacks against actor Jayasurya who spoke in support of farmers should stop. Jayasurya had spoken facts and no politics were in it, he said. “The Left Democratic Front [LDF] is practising goonda politics in the State. Anyone criticising the government would be denigrated using cyber goons. Jayasurya is a victim of this style,” said Mr. Sudhakaran.
