THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Close on the heels of the CPM launching a campaign in support of the SilverLine semi high-speed rail corridor project, the Congress has announced a similar door-to-door campaign against it.
The CPM has started distributing leaflets supporting the project and alleging an unholy nexus among opponents of the project in its house-to-house visits.
KPCC president K Sudhakaran said the party would also distribute leaflets against the project in its campaign. The leaflets will highlight the threats to the state and its economy posed by the project. It will also organize district-wise meetings to counter the CPM campaign.
He said the party would rally those who stand to lose their land and properties to the project in its protests across the state. He said the project is going to be the biggest threat to the environment and the state is not going to gain anything from it.
A meeting of KPCC office-bearers will be convened soon to finalize the action plan for this campaign. The KPCC has also decided to seek UDF support for it. The next UDF meeting will give a final shape to the campaign to counter the CPM strategies, he said.
Besides the CPM door-to-door campaign, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has also decided to tour districts and directly interact with people to rally support for the project.
