THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The recent arrest and invocation of anti-terror law UAPA on two CPM activists for their alleged Maoist links rocked the Kerala Assembly on Monday.
Opposition UDF staged a walkout protesting denial of permission for an adjournment motion on the issue. Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala equated Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who also holds the Home Portfolio, to Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany.
Accusing the Chief Minister of giving a free hand for police to indulge in state terror, Chennithala said Kerala has become the first state to invoke the amended UAPA law with draconian provisions.
Pinarayi Vijayan repeated his stance that the state government will review the slapping of UAPA and will not allow misuse of the anti-terror law. He urged Opposition not to glorify Maoists and paint them as saints.