KOLLAM: The polling day marked excessive drama in Kundara constituency with EMCC director Shiju Varghese, an unbiased candidate, lodging a grievance with the police alleging {that a} petrol bomb was hurled at his automobile round 5.30am. “I used to be attacked whereas I used to be on my method to the constituency within the morning,” mentioned Shiju, who’s contesting towards LDF’s Mercykutty Amma.
In the meantime, Fisheries Minister Mercykutty Amma retorted that Shiju was making an attempt to sabotage the election course of and mislead the general public by faking an assault on himself. “Shiju tried to make it seem that he was attacked by somebody this morning and ultimately was stopped by the police when he tried to set ablaze his automobile,” she advised reporters on the polling sales space the place she had reached to forged her vote. A bottle of petrol was recovered from his automobile and therefore Shiju was taken into police custody, she mentioned.
EMCC Worldwide (India) Pvt Ltd is the US agency that had signed the controversial deep sea fishing contracts with the Kerala State Inland Navigation Company and Kerala State Industries Growth Company, each of which have been cancelled following big protest led by the Opposition.
“It was a deliberate transfer to sabotage the election course of as half of a bigger conspiracy by maritime international firms. The director created a scene right here to provide the impression that the assault was intentionally executed by Left activists. Conspiracies to defame the federal government’s picture have surfaced days earlier than the election was introduced,” Mercykutty Amma mentioned.
Denying the minister’s allegations, the Kannanalloor police mentioned the director was not taken into custody nor was any petrol bottle recovered from his automobile.UDF candidate P C Vishnunadh mentioned that by giving deceptive statements concerning the EMCC director, the fisheries minister is making an attempt to affect the voters. N Ok Premachandran, MP, demanded the police and Election Fee to resolve the thriller behind the entire episode.
