For the first time since the commencement of the agitation against Citizenship Amendment Act, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accepted in the Legislative Assembly on Monday that Islamic terrorists have infiltrated into anti-CAA protest rallies.
“It has come to the notice of the Government that Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI, an Islamic extremist organisation) activists have infiltrated and almost hijacked the agitation against the CAA. The SDPI elements infiltrate into the agitation with the connivance of the local Mahul committees (the body in charge of the Mosques). The Mahul Committees should be careful about the activities of the SDPI activists,” Vijayan told the House while answering a question in connection with the unrest in Kerala.
The Chief Minister said that the anti-CAA agitation in Kerala is a role model to the country itself. “It has been a peaceful and disciplined agitation. So far, the Government has not taken action against anybody participating in the anti-CAA agitation,” he said. Vijayan came down heavily on the Congress leadership for that party’s alleged tie up with the SDPI.
There were allegations against the CPI(M) for including various Islamist organisations in its 621 km long Human Wall held on January 26 against the CAA. Thousands of burqua clad women were seen lining up along the National Highway in Kerala as part of the wall.
While the Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala blamed the CPI(M) for seeking the help of SDPI, the chief minister retorted by asking him why he was bothered about the SDPI.
Meanwhile BJP leader K Surendran blamed both the Congress and the CPI(M) for appeasement politics. “The CPI(M) cannot wash off the responsibility for ushering in Islamic terrorist organisations into the anti CAA rallies. The CPI(M) has been infiltrated by Islamic extremist elements and we can pinpoint any number of them occupying important positions in that party,” said Surendran.