The UDF
subcommittee constituted to study various aspects of the Nelliampathy issue,
with A N Rajan Babu as the new convenor, held a sitting for evidence and
opinion collection here on Friday and veered around the view that court
verdicts are of paramount importance in the issue and both ecological as well
as farmers concerns have to be addressed.
The committee will hold another sitting
here on September 5.
“The opinion of all concerned including
the report presented by a team of UDF MLAs who had visited Nelliampathy will be
taken into account.
If necessary,the UDF sub-committee will
pay another visit to Nelliampathy region,”Rajan Babu said, briefing the media
after the sitting.
Panel members Dr Varghese George, K R
Aravindakshan, N Shamsudeen MLA, Palakkad DCC president Balachandran and
Government Chief Whip P C George,who is also a member of the panel,were present.
Rajan Babu discounted doubts that the
report of the panel will be torn asunder with pulls and pressures from vested
interests.
“Everyone will come to know that the
panel report was based on impartial facts and assessment,once it is out.
It will be comprehensive,” he said.
“It will definitely help the government
to fine tune a policy on Nelliampathy estates,” he hoped.
The convenor kept away from all dicey queries
and insisted that the panel was keen on undertaking a really good job.
The sitting of the panel was noted as
it was the first one after the exit of Congress senior leader and spokesman M M
Hassan from its convenorship and also for the benign silence kept by P C George
while meeting the media.
“The panel findings,even when related
to Nelliampathy, will have a definite bearing across the state, especially the
hilly tracts of Idukki and Wayanad.
The report will be a pointer to the s t a t e , ” said K R Aravindakshan,CMP
state secretary.
Karshaka Congress representatives led
by state president Lal Varghese Kalpakavadi,and those representing Infarm and
smallscale farmers presented their case before the panel on Friday.
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