Thiruvananthapuram: The Assembly on Monday passed a resolution condemning the bounty announced by an RSS leader in Madhya Pradesh for beheading Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Law Minister A.K. Balan moved the motion asking the Madhya Pradesh government to charge a case invoking stringent provisions against Kundan Chandrawat, the RSS's mahanagar sahprachar pramukh in Ujjain. Terming the call made by him in the presence of people's representatives as inhuman, the motion said that the House shared the grief and concern of Kerala society over the call.
"The House urges the people to unitedly resist the dangerous trend of opposing ideology with weapons and trying to torpedo peace, democracy and secularism," the motion said. Supporting the motion, Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala said that the bounty call was a challenge against secularism. The Madhya Pradesh government's decision to frame lighter offences against him was condemnable. While Public Works Minister G. Sudhakaran pointed out the absence of the lone BJP member O. Rajagopal in the House while the motion was being presented, Mr. Balan said he had informed Mr Rajagopal about the motion.
