Nelliampathy: New convenor for UDF panel

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThere was no breakthrough on the vexed Nelliampathy issue at the crucial UDF high-power committee meet on Monday, and the same sub-committee sans M M Hassan was asked to continue its job.A N Rajan Babu, working president of JSS, has been appointed new convenor  in place of Hassan. The Congress nominee in lieu of Hassan will be nominated soon.The meet also put a bar on all public statements or  debates by leaders of UDF constituents until the panel submitted its report. Briefing mediapersons, UDF convenor P P Thankachan said the committee had been asked to file its report at the earliest. The panel will hold its sitting here on August 24 in which all, including MLAs, can submit their opinion.He said that the proclaimed policy of the UDF Government was that all proven encroachments on revenue and forest land should be evicted. ‘’There are attempts to politicise the Nelliampathy issue. It should end,’’he said. He had requested Hassan to withdraw his resignation twice, but the latter had refused to budge.The sub-committee’s report will be filed before  the UDF liaison committee. “Anyone can air their views before the liaison committee also, which will also be duly considered while framing the final report to be submitted to the government.“The committee will look into both the nature of lease and alleged violation of clauses of the lease agreements of estates”, he said.   “There is no urgency since the lease period of estates in Nelliyampathy has not ended. It will end only in 2050”, he pointed out. “The government stand in the court will also be based on the panel recommendations”, he said, when asked about the current approach of the Forest Department.Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala, ministers K M Mani, P K Kunhalikutty, P J Joseph and Shibu Baby John, SJD state president M P Veerendra Kumar, KC(Jacob) chairman Johny Nellore, CMP leader K R Aravindakshan and others took part in the deliberations.first published:August 14, 2012, 11:59 ISTlast updated:August 14, 2012, 11:59 IST 
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