CM calls for end to political murders

KASARGOD: Brutal political murders should be stopped as they are a curse to our political system, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, while flagging off the Sneha Sandesha Yatra led by KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala at Hosangady on Thursday. “Ideas should be confronted with ideas. The gruesome culture of killing people who have differences of opinion should end,” he said. Restoration of communal harmony is more important for the Congress than political success.“The religious intolerance in the society needs to be ended through Gandhian methods of restoring peace.Unity is the legacy that our leaders had left for us; we should pass it on to the next generations,” he said.The five-day yatra led by the KPCC president to restore peace and communal harmony in the district will cover a distance of 76 km before culminating in Trikaripur on May 14.DCC president K Veluthambu presided over the function which was attended by ministers Adoor Prakash, K C Joseph and A P Anil Kumar.Leaders Vinaya Kumar Swarke, Bindu Krishna, K C Jose, Rajmohan Unnithan, M K Raghavan, N Subrahmanian and K P Anil Kumar were also presen