By IANS,
New Delhi : Reacting sharply to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was active in nine states including Kerala, the state home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Friday said Modi should not interfere in affairs of other states.
Addressing a press conference here to explain his discussions with union home minister Shivraj Patil, Balakrishnan said Kerala police had the “capacity” to prevent any type of violence including communal violence in the state.
A day earlier, Modi in Delhi stated that SIMI was well established in nine states including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
“They (SIMI) could be there in other states too,” Modi said in a press conference alongside the BJP prime ministerial candidate, L.K.Advani to show its tough face against terrorism.
Balakrishnan, who rejected Modi’s allegation, said: “Kerala police doesn’t have any information regarding the SIMI’s activities in the state.”
“SIMI’s activities have been banned in the state. We will not allow any anti-national activities in the state,” he said.
Balakrishnan said the central government had agreed in principle to sanction a marine police station in the state and this would come up over 100 acres of land near the Ezhimala naval academy in Kannur district.
Besides, the home ministry also gave permission to start eight coastal police stations in the state, he said.
The first coastal police station would start operation in Neendakara in Kollam district by October this year, the minister said.