[Reader-list] Slighted, Kerala CM insults Major's dad

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Slighted, Kerala CM insults Major's dad
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First Published : 02 Dec 2008 11:40:00 AM IST

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ''Had it not been the house of Major Sandeep, not even a
dog would have visited them,'' said comrade V S Achuthanandan, Chief
Minister of Kerala, when a correspondent of a national news channel sought
his reaction to the hostile reception he and Home Minister Kodiyeri
Balakrishnan received at the residence of slain Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
in Bangalore on Sunday night.

Sandeep's father Unnikrishnan had harshly criticised VS and other
politicians and asked them not to visit his house or convey their condolence
as the Kerala Government failed to pay tribute to Sandeep till a section of
the media had pointed it out.

But VS and Kodiyeri visited the house with the help of the Karnataka police
only to irritate an already upset Unnikrishnan. The channel, which aired the
story of VS's visit in its morning bulletins on Monday, sought a reaction
from VS in the evening.

''There is no rule that the Karnataka and Kerala CMs should jointly visit
the house of a slain soldier. We visited Sandeep's father, mother and other
relatives because of our attachment towards Sandeep. The father of a martyr
should have behaved more decently,'' VS told the channel about his bitter
visit to Sandeep's house. Earlier, Unnikrishnan told the channel that he
behaved so because he was upset over the political games played by the
leaders over his son's death.

''These people are compelled to come here due to political pressure,'' he
said. He admitted he was rude as he was distraught.

Meanwhile, on Monday evening, CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said it
is not fair to take political mileage out of the humiliation suffered by VS
in Bangalore. ''Don't try to put the embarrassment suffered by Narendra Modi
on the head of VS,'' Pinarayi said.