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Moral policing: Kerala MLAs come to blows in House
Acrimonious scenes were witnessed in Kerala Assembly as the ruling LDF and the Opposition UDF MLAs nearly came to blows over Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s remarks on moral policing.
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Trouble erupted during the Zero Hour when the House was discussing a notice for an adjournment motion moved by UDF on the recent moral policing incidents, including one by Shiv Sena activists in Kochi on Wednesday.
The House plunged into turmoil at the fag end of the discussion on the issue when Vijayan said that there are doubts that Shiv Sena activists at Kochi were hired by the Opposi-tion. UDF members, many of them already squatting in the well of the House protesting against the po-lice lapse in preventing the Kochi incident, got agitated over the remark.
Vijayan’s comments that “I doubt whether you (UDF) are behind yesterday’s drama in Kochi” further infuriated the already agitated UDF members. When some of the Opposition members moved towards the chair of the chief minister, the LDF MLAs immediately formed a protective ring around Vijayan. There were heated exchange of words between the members of both fronts. Even the Chief Minister was seen making a point to the UDF MLAs.
Sensing the rising temperature in the house, Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan, ordered temporary ad-journment. When the House re-assembled after nearly an hour, the Opposition boycotted further proceedings in protest of the Chief Minister’s refusal to take back his words against the UDF.
‘Kiss of Love’ protest held
‘A Kiss of Love’ programme was held at the Marine Drive grounds on Thursday to protest against the alleged moral policing by the Shiv Sena, organisers said. A group of people on Facebook called for the programme after Shiv Sena activists allegedly chased away young men and women who were sitting in the Marine Drive area on Wednesday.
“Kiss of Love programme (will be) at Marine Drive today at 4 pm against moral policing by the Shiv Sena,” the group posted on its Facebook wall.
Police said a central police sub-inspector was sus-pended on Wednesday for failing to stop the Shiv Sena’s “moral policing” while eight police per-sonnel, who were on duty when the incident occurred, were transferred to the Armed Reserve police camp. Six activists of the Shiv Sena have been taken into custody in connection with the incident which has come in for condemnation from both the ruling CPI(M) and the opposition Congress.
A similar ‘Kiss of Love’ programme was held in Kochi in 2014 to protest vandalism by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists.
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