Ernakulam: Youth Congress came out to protest against the arrest of Rahul Mamkuttathil.
Ernakulam: Youth Congress Ernakulam District Committee today led a protest march to the Police Commissioner’s office in protest against the arrest of Youth Congress State President Rahul Mamkoothil. Hibi Eden, Lok Sabha MP from Ernakulam district, inaugurated the march which started from the district Congress office at 11.45 am on Saturday.
DCC president Muhammad Shias along with other MLAs K Babu, TJ Vinod, Anwar Sadath, Rosie M John, Mathew Kuzhalnadan, Eldhose Kunnapilli and other Congress leaders also joined the protest march. Congress leaders cited ‘political vendetta’ as the reason behind Rahul Mamkoothil’s arrest. Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly and Congress leader VD Satheesan alleged that the Kerala Police was doing injustice to the youth of the state. “Yesterday a young girl was brutally attacked by the police in Kannur. This was done on the request of the Chief Minister.
When an attempt was made to kill Youth Congress people in Kannur, the Kerala Chief Minister appreciated the attack, and he called for such criminal activities to continue,” Congress leader VD Satheesan claimed. Earlier, on Tuesday, police had arrested Rahul Mamkuttathil for his role in the Secretariat march, which was aimed at drawing attention to the alleged injustice against Youth Congress workers.
Cantonment police went to the Youth Congress leader’s residence in Pathanamthitta to officially register the arrest. Earlier, 31 Youth Congress workers had already been arrested in connection with the incident. Rahul Mamkuttathil is the fourth accused, while opposition leader VD Satheesan is the first accused in the case. The Youth Congress Secretariat organized a protest march on December 20 to condemn the attack on Kerala Students Union (KSU) workers by Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) workers and the Chief Minister’s security personnel during the state-organized Nava Kerala Yatra. Did.
Government. Condemning the arrest of Rahul Mamkoothil, the Indian Youth Congress said, “An attack on freedom of expression will not be tolerated. We condemn the arrest of our IYC Kerala President Rahul Mamkoothil for peacefully protesting against the brutality of the government. CPM has created a fascist administration in Kerala. Under the illusion of ‘free left’.
