People will remove electricity minister's fuse, says Ramesh Chennithala

Kottayam: Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala said that the people of the state will unplug the fuse of electricity minister M.M. Mani who had  insulted the women.

Mr Chennithala was addressing  a protest meet organised by the UDF in solidarity with the strike declared by ‘Pompilai Oruma’ at Munnar on Friday.

“Mani who became an insult to the state should immediately resign,”  he said. “Mani who  utters  whatever he feels should be named as abuser Mani. Similar incidents were created  to facilitate the encroachments,” he said.

The CPM had made Mani a culprit by reprimanding him. “If he is a culprit, then how can  he continue as a minister. The chief minister had justified the abusive speech of  Mani on two occasions in the Assembly. This was  a gesture for shifting his loyalty to the Pinarayi faction from the V.S. Achuthanathan faction,”  he said.

The police were mere spectators in the attack unleashed by the CPM activists at Munnar the other day. The UDF  will press for the  resignation of Mani. If  he does not resign, the  UDF  will protest  inside and outside the Assembly, he said.

The  UDF  meeting to be held on Tuesday will decide the future course of action against  Mani, he added.  Deputy Leader of the Opposition,  Dr M.K. Muneer, Shibu Baby John  and Anoop Jacob, MLAs, among others were present on the occasion.