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Protests Will Continue: CPI
State Secretary
 Trivandrum,
India, Sept. 13 2002 (INS News) -- Pinarayi Vijayan,
secretary Communist Party of India (Maxist) has
said that the concluded 10 days blockade of government
offices, was only a prelude to the agitations to
come against the United Democratic Front rule in
the state.
Attending
at a 'meet-the-press' in Trivandrum, Pinarayi said
that his party received overwhelming support to
the agitation even from 'traditional supporters
of the ruling UDF'.
There will be 'serious consequences' in the state,
if the Kerala government breaks the tripartite agreement
on salary structure in Kerala State Road Transport
Corporation and Kerala State Electricity Board in
the name reorganization., he warned
While
Left Democratic Front ruling headed by CPI, was
not opposed to reforms in the Kerala State Electricity
Board without affecting its public sector characteristics.Pinarai
Vijayan accused the United Democratic Front government
of implementing the secret agenda of privatisation
in the state.
"The
Asian Development Bank or the World Bank would have
never dared to propose privatization agenda to us,"
the CPI Secretary said while referring to discussions
regarding international loans, held during the LDF
rule.
-- Binu Raveendranath in Trivandrum, India
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