Sunday, October 30, 2011: Forest Minister KB Ganesh Kumar and Government Chief Whip PC George have landed the UDF government in a highly embarrassing position with their unruly statements against Opposition Leader VS Achuthanandan and CPM MLA AK Balan.
The Kerala Congress-M leader PC George on October 27 had allegedly made a casteist remark against CPI(M) A K Balan at a public meeting in Pathanapuram in Kollam district. It was the same meeting where Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar (Kerala Congress-B) had fulminated in vulgar language against Achuthanandan.
Even though Kumar had expressed regret over his speech after LDF and its feeder outfits came out in strong protest over his lewd comments against the 88-year-old CPI(M) leader.
Balan, a former minister and MLA from Taroor (SC) segment in Palakkad district, said George should publicly apologise for his remarks as it amounted to creating caste friction.
The CPM will file a case against Chief Whip under Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. A breach of privilege notice against him will be handed over to Speaker G Karthikeyan soon, party sources said. AK Balan will also seek legal redressal in the matter.
Meanwhile, many Congress and UDF leaders also felt that the unsavoury remarks by George and Kumar came as embarrassment for the ruling front.Congress leader K Muraleedharan said as public servants everybody should be restraint in their public pronouncements.
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