Chief minister Oommen Chandy has suggested
that the Union Government charter flights from the Middle East to clear the
extra rush due to the cancellation of Air India flights following the pilot’s
strike.
Replying to a calling attention motion
moved by A.A. Arif of the CPM in the assembly Tuesday, Chandy said the state
had urged the Centre to see if chartered flights could be operated charging
only the normal ticket rates.
He would take up the matter with civil
aviation minister Ajith Singh during his visit to Delhi on July 2 and 3. More
than 20 international flights to the state were being cancelled on account of
the strike by Air India pilots, Chandy said.
Discussions with student unions: While
answering a submission by V. Sivankutty of the CPM, the CM said he would
convene a meeting with student unions to discuss the recent lathi-charge on
students in the capital.
Home minister Thiruvan-choor Radhakrishnan
also assured the Opposition that DGP Jacob Punnoose would probe the context in
which the lathi-charge took place.
The government will take appropriate action
after getting the report of the DGP. Some unruly scenes were witnessed in the
assembly over the lathi-charge when Opposition members displayed placards at
the start of Question Hour.
The Opposition calmed down when the Speaker
said the matter would be considered as a submission during Zero Hour.
While Sivankutty was presenting the
submission, the Opposition rose from their seats displaying dailies containing
pictures of the police action on students
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