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Satheesan flays removal of expert from debate

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said the government is trying to make the upcoming technical debate on the semi-high-speed SilverLine project into a farce. 

Addressing the media here on Tuesday, he said that government did not even have an idea who was holding the debate.

He said the Chief Secretary had invited IT and social commentator Joseph C. Mathew to the debate. Now CPI(M) State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan should clarify which authority had decided to remove him from the debate panel, Mr. Satheesan said, adding that even the Chief Secretary was insulted.

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