Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has sought the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleging that he had given a call for violence by encouraging activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) to continue “saving” Opposition activists protesting against his motor cavalcade as part of the Navakerala Sadas outreach programme by using force.
Referring to the Chief Minister’s reaction to the attack on a protesting Youth Congress worker in Kannur on November 20, 2023, Mr. Satheesan said on November 22 (Wednesday) that Mr. Vijayan had claimed that the use of force by the DYFI workers was aimed at saving the Youth Congress worker who had tried to imperil his life by attempting to throw himself under a moving bus.
“The Chief Minister must tender an apology to the public for asking the DYFI workers to take law into their hands and step down from his post. His statement has been proved wrong as the police who booked a case against those involved have invoked Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against 14 DYFI workers. We are planning to take the legal recourse against the Chief Minister for his inflammatory appeal,” he said.
