KOCHI: BJP state president Kummanam Rajasekharan on Monday made it clear that the Aranmula airport project would not be allowed at any cost.
Addressing a press conference here as part of his Vimochana Yatra, he said that the airport project violated all the laws of the land, especially environment laws, and the National Green Tribunal had struck it down.
He said this when it was pointed out that the Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju had said on Sunday that if the project was resubmitted by adhering to the laws, then it could be reconsidered.
Referring to the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, he said it was for Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to take a decision on ordering a CBI probe into it.
“Or it should be ordered by the court. Then only the Centre can ask the CBI to take over the case,” he said. The UDF and the chief minister have a responsibility to make clear why a CBI probe was not ordered into the murder. “In the Kathiroor Manoj case, when the CBI is trying to unearth the truth, the CPM is trying to sabotage it,” he added.
On the readmission of leaders like P.P. Mukundan and Raman Pillai to the party, he said that it would be decided by the state committee of the party after the culmination of his Vimochana Yatra.
“In the BJP the decisions are collectively taken. I am keen on bringing grassroots- level workers who left the party also and not just leaders. The doors of the party are open,” Mr Kummanam said.
He was unaware of former BJP state president V. Muraleedharan keeping away from a protest meet of the BJP Thiruvananthapuram district unit which was attended by Mr P.P. Mukundan.
To another question, he said that the party state leadership was unaware of any appointment fixed by Kerala Congress leader K.M. Mani with Mr Amit Shah.
“There was nothing extraordinary if such moves take place and the state leadership need not be in the loop. A state BJP delegation will be sent to Delhi to press for Kerala’s needs,” he said.
