Kerala govt accused of giving political colour to movement against rail project

As protests against the Kerala semi-high speed rail project mount, the ruling CPM-led Left Democratic Front has triggered a fresh campaign giving communal and political colour to the protests, which is alleged to be part of a political strategy to suppress the apolitical movement against the project.

CPM top leaders are alleging a political ploy to trigger a ‘Nandigram’ model protest in Kerala even as it was being widely accused of maintaining a double standard by objecting the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project and backing the Kerala rail project.

The action council against the rail project is being quite vigilant against political parties hijacking the movement of the affected people.