"Kerala is known in the world as 'Gods own country' and if the situation continues like this then it will become known as 'devil's own country'," Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Ramesh Chennithala said.
In letters to CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and BJP chief Amit Shah, the Congress leader expressed concern over the "manifold increase" in political violence and "failure" of law and order over the last couple of months.
He claimed that at present, the situation is going beyond the control of the leadership of both parties and the state machinery.
"Even the police officer in charge of the particular area has openly made statement that they are helpless in maintaining the public order and controlling the violence," he said.
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Insisting there have been more than 500 cases of violence reported in Kannur in the past four months and that eight people have lost their lives, he claimed when the Congress-led UDF was in power it managed to stop such political violence to a large extent.
He said people of Kerala don't want such a situation to continue.
"They want law to prevail, and enduring peace in the state for stable growth and development. So I am requesting you to ask your state units to stop such kind of politics of violence," he told Shah and Yechury.
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