Won’t backtrack from Adani Port project: Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday categorically made it clear that his government won’t backtrack from the Vizhinjam seaport project and said the recent violent agitations against the multi-crore initiative was with a “clear ulterior intention” to destroy tranquility in the society.
Warning the anti-seaport agitators not to try to intimidate the government, he said any move against the upcoming port could be viewed as an attempt to derail the development and progress of the land.
The government could not abandon the project at any cost and if it was done so, it would give a wrong message and affect the credibility of the state, he said while speaking at a function in the state capital.
It was for the first time that the CM was speaking about the ongoing anti-seaport agitations after the protesters had attacked a police station in Vizhinjam recently.
“What has happened in the case of the national highway development, what has happened in the GAIL pipeline project and what has happened in the Edamon-Kochi power highway, the same will happen in the case of Vizhinjam port also. There is no compromise on that. That’s what I want to make clear now,” he said.
Noting that the agitations were not just a move against the government but against the overall progress of the state, he said the demand to abandon the entire project as such can’t be accepted.