MADURAI SATURDAY 05 11l07l2020 Violent protests rock ; CPM smells plot to destabilise govt

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE part of a move to destabilise gas and water cannons. The the gold smuggling case. View- which has made Kerala a model @ T'Puram/ the government. workers clashed with the police ing it as a challenge against hu- for the world in Covid control - Both Muslim Youth League and pelted stones at them. Six man lives, the CPM alleged that are simply parochial political AS Opposition UDF and BJP and Yuva Morcha took out pro- Youth workers and the protests were part of a moves with power-hungry mo- intensified protests against the tests to Kozhikode Collectorate. four police personnel were in- move to destabilise the govern- tives. Such violent protests by government over the gold Police had to use tear gas and jured in the incident. ment. In a statement here, the throwing Covid protocol to smuggling case, Kerala on Fri- water cannons to clear the pro- The Muslim Youth League CPM state secretariat pointed wind amounts to playing with day witnessed violent agita- testers who marched towards workers took out a protest out that the LDF and the chief human lives," the party said. tions across the state demand- the collectorate by breaking the march to collec- minister want the culprits in The CPM alleged that the ing the resignation of Chief barricades. A total of 18 Yuva torate while another protest the smuggling case to be UDF and the BJP are moving Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. A Morcha workers and 15 Youth was staged in front of Wayanad brought before the law. That's ahead with an ill-motive to de- slew of outfits, including the League workers including its Collectorate. In why the chief minister de- fame the chief minister and the Youth League, Youth Congress state general secretary P K Fi- Nedumangad, Thiruvanan- manded an investigation at the Left government. People are and Yuva Morcha, took out pro- roz were injured. Yuva Morcha thapuram, Yuva Morcha work- earliest and NIA has already against such anarchist forms tests across the state. The po- state president C R Praful ers took out protest to the office begun the probe. The Left gov- of protests. As directed by the lice used grenades and water Krishnan, state secretary K Police lathicharging a worker of Yuvamorcha | MANU R MAVELIL of Sandeep Nair, one of the ac- ernment will not protect any- Centre, the NIA has already cannons to disperse protesters Anoop, district president T Ra- cused in the smuggling case. one involved in smuggling, re- started its investigation. The near the Kozhikode Collector- neesh and four mediapersons including K Sudhakaran, MP, Mukku in Pinarayi. The police Move to destabilise iterated the CPM. "With its UDF and BJP are afraid that ate. In Kannur, Youth Congress were among the injured. and Shafi Parambil, MLA, for blocked the march at Padinjit- government four-year rule till date, it has many of them could get trapped march to the chief minister's After the march taken out by organising a march by violat- tam Muri, one Meanwhile the CPM leader- always been evident to the if the probe moves in the right house turned violent. The CPM Youth Congress to the CM's ing the Covid protocol. kilometre away from the ship has hit out against violent masses that the Chief Minis- direction. It should be suspect- leadership meanwhile hit out house at Pinarayi in Kannur The Youth Congress workers house by putting up barricades. protests taken out by Opposi- ter's Office represents the ed whether the agitations are against violent protests and al- turned violent, the police regis- marched to the house of As the workers tried to break tion parties demanding the state's dignity. The protest to aimed at sabotaging the inves- leged that the protests were tered cases against 115 persons, Pinarayi Vijayan at Pandyala the barricades, police used tear chief minister's resignation in weaken the Left government - tigation, the party mused. TN reconstitutes MAKING AMENDS Virus tears through MSME Penalty slapped on auto driver cancelled revenue in State, says study BC Commission EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Madurai when the driver, S Muth- layam Junction, before he had ukrishnan, on social media explained them the reason. “If EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Madurai CITY Commissioner of Police claimed that he had only offered the police do this, no one will of- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Prem Anand Sinha on Fri- an emergency ride to shift a fer help even if an accident hap- MAJORITY of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MS- day ordered the cancella- pregnant woman to Gov- pens in front of (their) eyes,” he MEs) in the State suffered 50-80% revenue loss, finds a study THE newly reconstituted Backward Classes Commis- tion of penalty slapped ernment Rajaji Hospital. said in the video, adding that he conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) sion of Tamil Nadu government will be headed by the on an auto-rickshaw He claimed that he had did not charge money from the in association with MADITSSIA and CODISSIA on the impact retired Justice R Thanikachalam. driver, after getting to adhered to the lockdown pregnant woman. of COVID-19. The study that covered 1,200 MSMEs across the The term of retired Justice MS Janarthanam, who know that the city police restrictions and did not Sources from the police depart- State also found that the severely hit sectors are manufactur- was previously heading the Commission, came to an had fined him without accept any other rides. ment said that it was his second ing, financial services and transportation. end on December 27, 2018. conducting a proper inquiry. Moreover, he alleged that time violating lockdown restric- It was found that 50 per cent of MSMEs faced cancellation of Retired IAS officers T Pitchandi, TN Ramanathan, The commissioner also ordered a the police personnel slapped a tions and that the police officer orders that is expected to create a ripple-effect affecting cash and V Chandrasekaran will be members and they will reinvestigation into the issue. penalty of `500 on him, seconds had issued two slips, asking him flow. Notably, about 68 per cent of the industries do not intend be in office for the next three years with effect from The incident came to light after stopping him at the Goripa- to pay `1,000. to permanently shut businesses despite reeling under losses. July 8. The reconstitution of the Commission assumes significance as the OBC reservation issue hogged the limelight lately. The first Backward Classes Commission in the State was formed on November 13, 1969 Terms or during the DMK regime. Later, in reference pursuance of the direction of the The terms of Supreme Court in Writ Petition reference include Nos. 930 /1990 etc., known as Man- examining and dal Commission cases, the State recommending government had constituted a per- upon requests for manent Tamil Nadu Backward inclusion and Classes Commission under the complaints of Chairmanship of retired Justice K over-inclusion and Shanmugam on March 15, 1993, for under-inclusion in examining requests of inclusion the lists of and complaints of over-inclusion Backward Classes / or non-inclusion in the list of Oth- Most Backward er Backward Classes and to advise Classes the government. The terms of reference include examining and recommending upon requests for inclusion and complaints of over- inclusion and under-inclusion in the lists of Backward Classes / Most Backward Classes; periodic revision of the list of BCs/MBCs in this State as and when decided. The Commission can also make recommendations on improved reservation for Christians, Muslims, and other Minorities based on their social and educational backwardness. OPPORTUNITY DOES NOT KNOCK, IT PRESENTS ITSELF WHEN YOU BEAT DOWN THE DOOR � KYLE CHANDLER

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