The Hindu : Govt. yielding to pressure groups: Rajagopal

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Monday, Jul 14, 2003

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Govt. yielding to pressure groups: Rajagopal

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM July 13. The latest and the most telling example that the State Government was succumbing to the pressure of various interest groups was its steadfast refusal to let the CBI inquire into the violent incidents at Marad, the Union Minister of State for Defence, O. Rajagopal, said.

Talking to presspersons after inaugurating the delegates' meet of the `Samanvayam' programme organised for non-resident Keralites by the Department of Non-resident Keralite Affairs (Norka), here today, Mr. Rajagopal said the Government was succumbing to pressure from one of its own allies in the ruling coalition.

Asked whether the Chief Minister's statement pertaining to pressure tactics by minority groups was made as part of a `greater design', Mr. Rajagopal said it appeared to be so. "One leader who went to the Congress' Shimla conference comes back and speaks as though he were accommodating Hindu sentiments to some degree.

Another leader meanwhile speaks as though for the Muslim community. One should think there is a design behind all this,'' he said.

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