Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran on March 5 accused the Kerala government of using the police to target people’s representatives who are raising genuine grievances of the public.
Condemning the arrests of Mathew Kuzhalnadan, MLA, and Ernakulam district Congress Committee president Mohammed Shiyas, Mr. Sudhakaran said the court granted them bail “in solidarity” with the issues being raised by them.
Mr. Kuzhalnadan was arrested from a tent put up at the Post Office Junction in Kothamangalam town where he was on an indefinite hunger strike with fellow legislator Eldhose Kunnappillil demanding a permanent solution to human-wildlife conflicts across Kerala.
