Monday, March 02, 2015

Sangh Parivar, BJP in a spot of bother

Pathanamthitta: The inclusion of the Aranmula airport project in the Economic Survey of the Union government has landed the Sangh Parivar and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State unit in a fix.

The Sangh Parivar and the BJP had been in the forefront of the agitation against the project saying that it would necessitate wanton conversion of the Aranmula Puncha (paddy fields and wetlands) and cause destruction of the heritage village of Aranmula.

The Sangh Parivar had taken up a mass campaign against the project, highlighting the recommendation to reduce the height of the holy mast of the ancient Sree Parthasarathy temple. The main election plank of the BJP candidate, M.T. Ramesh, during the previous general elections to Lok Sabha was that his party, if elected to power, would cancel all clearances given by the Congress government to the project.
02/03/15 Radhakrishnan Kuttoor/The Hindu
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