With all respects to Krishna Aiyer, I have also heard that Krishna aiyer has changed his position with a movement once back.
So, does it matter much? His opinion! But really curious to see how its turning to be. Aryan On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: > From BRP's Blog > http://brpbhaskar.blogspot.com/2009/01/cpi-m-plant-in-hindu.html > > A CPI (M) 'plant' in The Hindu? > > from BHASKAR by B.R.P.Bhaskar > Many long-time readers of The Hindu have accused the daily of tilting > towards the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since N. Ram became the > Editor-in-Chief. A report appearing in today's edition shows the party has > the ability to plant a story in this venerable newspaper. > > The report, headlined "Krishna Iyer for debate on Central, State police > process", is based on an interview with former Supreme Court judge V.R. > Krishna Iyer. The report has no dateline. Nor does it have a creditline. The > absence of attribution suggests that the report was not received from any > correspondent of the paper or from any news agency to which it subscribes. > > The report identifies the interviewer as P. Rajeev, a leftist journalist. > > P. Rajeev is a young CPI (M) leader and Resident Editor of the Malayalam > daily, Deshabhimani, which is an official organ of the party. > > Rajeev's report of the interview appeared in Deshabhimani only today. > Evidently it was made available to The Hindu before its publication in > Deshabhimani. > > The interview report quoted Krishna Iyer as saying, "I feel that the time > has come for a national debate on the creation, operation and control of the > Central and State police process. I express this view because I find so much > of hot controversy over the Lavlin issue where Sri. Pinarayi Vijayan's name > is being made the subject of political imputations." (Italics added) > > Rajeev interviewed Krishna Iyer after the party launched a campaign accusing > the Central Bureau of Investigation of implicating Pinarayi Vijayan, who is > a member of the CPI (M) Politburo and Secretary of its State Committee, in > the SNC Lavalin case as reprisal for withdrawal of the party's support to > the United Progressive Alliance. > > Deshabhimani featured it as the lead story. > > According to Malayalam news channels, Krishna Iyer said in a statement today > that his remarks were capable of misinterpretation to suit the needs of some > political leaders. > > While reiterating his stand that investigations must be truthful, he said he > believed an offender, howsoever high, must not escape punishment and an > innocent person must not be penalized. > > For more on the Lavalin case, please see my commentary "Lavalin developing > into CPI-M's Bofors", distributed by Indo Asian News Service. > > POSTSCRIPT: Justice Krishna Iyer's revised statement, referred to above, > appears in The Hindu's edition dated January 26 under the heading > "Investigating agencies must enjoy immunity and independence, says Krishna > Iyer". It carries a Kochi dateline and is credited to the paper's Special > Correspondent. > > -- > Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software > industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is > like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. > > > > -- Book Port, Ground floor, Kurian towers, Banerji road, , kochi , Kerala, India- 682 018 Email: [email protected] Phone: 0091 484-6530759, 0091 9746339846 www.bookport.in --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
