Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called an all-party meeting on October 30 to mitigate the fraught social climate precipitated by the bomb blast that claimed one life and injured scores of worshippers at the evangelical prayer convention at Kalamassery in Ernakulam district.
Mr. Vijayan, who was in New Delhi to attend a polit bureau meeting of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], has embarked for Kerala, underscoring the gravity of the situation.
Mr. Vijayan termed the attack “extremely unfortunate”. When asked whether the blast was a terrorist attack, Mr. Vijayan said the police were probing all angles. “I can’t say anything more at the current stage of the police investigation”, Mr. Vijayan said.
