Catholic Church mouthpiece apologises to Jairam Ramesh
Chief Editor of the magazine, V C Sebastian, said that the article "was never intended to hurt the feelings of any one" and tendered the apology.?
Posted on January 16, 2014, 8:31 AM(Photo: The Hindu) |
Thiruvananthapuram: Following an apology over an article from the chief editor of the mouthpiece of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church to him, union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said the issue has been closed.
Ramesh, in a letter Wednesday to the supreme head of the church, Cardinal George Alenchery, said he has received an apology from the editor of "Laity Voice" on the contents of his editorial article on the Western Ghats and is satisfied by editor V.C. Sebastian's explanation. He said he would treat the matter as closed.
"I have the highest regard and respect for your church which has done so much for the socio-cultural development of Kerala. It caused great pain and anguish to write to Sebastian and I am grateful to you for your intervention," said Ramesh in his letter to the cardinal.
In the latest issue of the church magazine, it was alleged that Ramesh was a board member of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (Atree) that received crores of rupees in foreign funds on the pretext of protecting the Western Ghats.
Ramesh expressed his displeasure over the allegation and said he would take legal action against the chief editor for defaming him if the statement was not withdrawn in two weeks.
Sebastian, in his letter to Ramesh Wednesday, said he was extremely sorry for hurting Ramesh's feelings and offered an apology.
"In my article, I used some material that had appeared in the national media and what appeared was my personal opinion not that of the church," Sebastian's letter said.
-- IANS
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കൊച്ചി : കേന്ദ്ര മന്ത്രി ജയറാം രമേശിനെതിരെ ലേഖനം പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചതിന് സീറോ മലബാര് സഭ മാപ്പു പറഞ്ഞു. സഭയുടെ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരണമായ ലെയ്റ്റി വോയ്സിലാണ് മാപ്പു പറഞ്ഞു കൊണ്ടു ലേഖനം വന്നത്. പശ്ചിമഘട്ടം സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിനെന്ന പേരില് ജയറാം രമേശ് വിദേശ ഫണ്ട് വാങ്ങുന്നു എന്ന് ആരോപിക്കുന്ന ലേഖനം ലെയ്റ്റി വോയ്സില് വന്നത് വിവാദമായിരുന്നു. ഇതിനെതിരെ മന്ത്രി രംഗത്തെത്തിയിരുന്നു. സഭ മാപ്പു പറയണമെന്നാവശ്യപ്പെട്ട അദേഹം ലെയ്റ്റി വോയ്സിന് നോട്ടീസ് അയിച്ചിരുന്നു. സഭയുടെ നയമല്ല പ്രസീദ്ധീകരണത്തിലെ ലേഖനത്തില് വന്നതെന്നും ഖേദ പ്രകടനത്തില് വ്യക്തമാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്.
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