THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Saturday said the ongoing protests against the SilverLine project was politically motivated and hence the party and government would deal with it politically.
"Protests are not new for us. It's from us the Congress has learned how to protest. UDF still has considerable political power and presence in the state. UDF, BJP, SDPI and Jamaat e Islami are trying to incite public sentiments against the project. The LDF government won't dump the development project by succumbing to the political pressure of the opposition," Balakrishnan told reporters at AKG Centre. Balakrishnan, who accused the Congress of siding with the BJP in the protest against SilverLine, said the party and government were committed to overcoming all agitations against the project. "False campaigns are galore against the project. The boundary stone laying is only to facilitate the environmental study being initiated. It doesn't mean that the entire land where boundary stones are laid would be taken over for the project," he said.
