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I applaud the Maharashtra Chief secretary - a Keralite Mr. DK Sankaran for
having the courage to turn down the Kerala Government's offer of help for
the Malayali victims of the Mumbai bomb blasts.
In turning down the offer from the Kerala government, Mr. Sankaran is quoted
as saying, "We do not differentiate between communities and have offered the
best possible help to all the victims."
Mr. Sankaran should be nominated for "Man of the Year". We need such
exemplary non-communal attitudes in our leaders and citizens to boost
India's Unity in Diversity.
Best Regards,
Carmo
See link and article below:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1758618.cms
Kerala offers help, only to Malayalis; Maha declines
Yogesh Naik
[ 16 Jul, 2006 0320hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has turned down an offer of help from the
Kerala government which offered assistance to only Malayalam-speaking people
affected by the killer blasts of July 11.
Soon after the blasts, the Kerala chief secretary, Mohammed Riasuddin wrote
a letter to the Maharashtra chief secretary D K Sankaran about offering
help. The Kerala government had also sent an officer to Mumbai to assist
Malayali blast victims.
But Sankaran, who is himself a Keralite, turned down the request. He told
TOI on Saturday, "We do not differentiate between communities and have
offered the best possible help to all the victims.
The state turned down the offer of help from the Kerala government since it
was only for people from Kerala who were affected by the blasts. We have
given equal help to all and the state is capable of looking after every
affected victim."
Bureaucrats in the state government were quite upset that the Kerala
government chose to discriminate between victims. "Does it mean that the
state government is not treating the blast victims from Kerala in a proper
way? ' asked a key IAS official.
Riasuddin said that he did not want to comment on the matter due to the code
of conduct which binds Kerala government officials.
Though most states have expressed solidarity with Mumbaikars, only the
government of Goa has donated Rs one crore to the chief minister's relief
fund. "We liked the initiative by the Goa government. Goans are kind-hearted
people and stood by Maharashtra in the time of need,"said an official in the
chief minister's office.
Meanwhile, the government of Gujarat has asked the state relief and
rehabilitation department for the list of dead and injured. "A Gujarat
government official was making inquiries and hinted that they wanted to help
the scores of Gujarati families which had lost their near and dear ones in
Tuesday's blasts,"said the official.
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