Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.D.Satheesan on Saturday alleged that state Health Minister Veena George’s staff member led the Students Federation of India (SFI) activists in vandalising Wayanad Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi’s office. He made the allegations while interacting with the media after visiting the vandalised office. “What has the SFI got to do with the buffer zone issue, when they till date have not even said a word on this.” he wondered.
Gandhi’s office was vandalised by the SFI activists on Friday as the police reportedly stood like a mute spectator. He further pointed out the SFI justifies their attack on the grounds that Gandhi did nothing on the buffer zone issue.
“It’s Vijayan who has played truant as Gandhi, in a letter, had asked him to take special note of the buffer zone issue as it’s a state subject. Incidentally, in this buffer zone issue, Vijayan happens to be the prime culprit as he had given the nod for it despite a strong opposition by the Congress. Strangely, the CPI-M protests on buffer zone, for which it is solely responsible. They always have double standards,” said Satheesan.
At Wayanad, 19 SFI activists whose arrest was recorded on Friday by the local police for indulging in vandalisation was on Saturday remanded to judicial custody. Six more activists were arrested this morning.
Meanwhile, dismissing the Congress’s allegations, Veena George said that the person who is alleged to have taken part in the protest no longer her staff member as he had left the job early this month.
