Tension escalated in the coastal hamlet of Idinthakarai, the hub of protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), as over 4,000 police personnel and four companies of Central Reserve Police Force's rapid action force were deployed to neutralise the seven-and-a-half month-old agitation and nab key members of anti-KKNPP group against whom cases had been filed. Since the protesters expected the police to enter their village anytime at night, youths in small groups were seen patrolling the area, while others placed thorny bushes and boulders across two roads leading to Idinthakarai to prevent the entry of policemen.
As anti-KKNPP speeches and sloganeering were going on at the protest venue in front of St. Lourdes' Church here, the police were mobilising their strength, including the CRPF's Rapid Action Force from Thiruvananthapuram, in front of the main entrance of KKNPP. “Our operation will never violate any provisions of law as we are keen on arresting the persons against whom cases have been filed,” said V. Varadharaju, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Tirunelveli Range.
Keywords: Kudankulam protest
@Francis Xavier- It is the same Indian Democracy that has allowed you to protest for so long. Obstructing Govt Officials from performing their duty and laying siege to central government establishment etc are not democratic methods.If you have genuine case what prevented you to file a PIL in Madras High Court against DAE/ GOI seeking injunction against KKNPP? I hope you must have seen how such protests are handled in western democracies. For the reasons best known to them both the central and state governments have given the protesters very long hope.It is the desire of the majority that prevails in a democracy.Even today you can a file a suit if you are very sure of its success.
The people are fighting for their life more than seven and half month continously in a demacratic, non violent, peaceful way.See the police action Now , and tyring to control the people like the actions against Naxalites.Long live Indian democracy.
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