Italian marine case: Kerala CM should have been more rational, says Parrikar

' There is no reason to immediately score a point, the elections have just ended,' the minister said.

Chennai

: Hitting out at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for blaming Centre on the Italian marines issue, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said the CPI(M) veteran -"should have been more rational-" as there was no point to score immediately.

Parrikar said Vijayan should have raised the matter with the Union Home Ministry or Ministry of External Affairs who deal with the matter.

-"He should have been more rational because the elections are just over. There is no reason to immediately score a point,-" the Defence Minister said.

On Thursday, Vijayan had blamed Centre's -"wrong response-" for the Supreme Court's decision to relax Italian marine Salvatore Girone's bail conditions and permitting him to leave for his country.

A -"big foul play-" had been done by the Centre right from the beginning in the case, he had said.

-"It is here (in Kerala) that the examination and trial has to be held. But a big foul play has been done in this case right from the beginning by the Centre. We were against the Centre's approach before also and we had strongly criticised it,-" Vijayan had said.