Days of administrative impasse back in Erattupetta municipality
The Hindu
Fronts wary of accepting SDPI support for winning power
After a brief lull, the days of administrative impasse are back in the Erattupetta municipality.A day after pulling down the United Democratic Front from power, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has categorically dismissed having any links with the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). The announcement, which comes close on the heels of an unprecedented mobilisation of Christian groups in Pala following the ‘narcotic jihad’ issue, has once again pushed the municipality into a phase of instability.As the development drew Statewide attention, the LDF appears to have been caught off-guard with the United Democratic Front (UDF) as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party raising allegations of an unholy nexus between the CPI(M) and the SDPI.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.