Thiruvananthapuram: BJP state president Kummanam Rajasekharan met Governor P. Sathasivam on Thursday to seek his intervention against the decision of the LDF and UDF to stage a strike in front of the RBI office on Friday against the move to destroy the cooperative sector in the state. Mr Kummanam later told reporters that the Governor was apprised of the situation as it was a clear attempt to sabotage the functioning of the RBI at a time when the bank was working hard to overcome issues related to demonitisation. It was black money holders who were sponsoring the agitation. Both UDF and LDF have become middlemen for black money holders. The aim was to convert the state into a heaven for black money holders, Mr Kummanam said.
The BJP leader said that the party was not opposed to cooperative banks, but opposing the depositing of black money in them. BJP MLA Mr O. Rajagopal alleged that the CPM and Congress have stashed black money in these banks. The allegation that the Centre is trying to destroy the co-operative sector looks childish, said Mr Rajagopal. Illegal Migrants from Bangladesh was being used in Malappuram district for converting black money, Rajagopal alleged. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has termed the statement of Mr Rajagopal as rubbish.
