The members of the Endosulfan Peeditha Janakeeya Munnani will stage a fast in front of the Chief Minister’s residence on the Thiruvonam day in protest against the lackadaisical attitude of the government towards the rehabilitation of endosulfan victims in Kasargod. Office-bearers of the Munnani and Samara Samithi told reporters here on Friday that Chief Minister Oommen Chandy humiliated them at a meeting convened at his chamber to discuss the victims’ rehabilitation on Friday. The mothers of the victims arrived here after they were invited by the Chief Minister for the meeting at 8 p.m. on Thursday. However, they said that the Chief Minister ridiculed them by poking on their demands which led them to stage a sit-in in his chamber. “We complained that he didn’t visit us when he was in Kasargod. But his reply was that he avoided visiting the protest venue in front of the Collectorate as we were staging the protest with mouths gagged,” said a victim’s mother.
The Samara Samithi office-bearers said that the Chief Minister said that debt relief measures cannot be offered as the same was not suggested by the National Human Rights Commission. They also alleged that the Chief Minister said that he was helpless to address their medical needs.
“The CM said that the doctors in government service were not willing to work in Kasargod even when they were offered Rs 20,000 additional remuneration. This shows either his inefficiency or lack of interest in the issue,” they said.
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