Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State secretary Com. Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the beginning augured ill for the United Democratic Front (UDF) government led by Oommen Chandy.
Inaugurating the valedictory session of the 14th national seminar commemorating Communist leader Com. E.M.S. Namboodiripad at Kottakkal in Malappuram District on Tuesday, Com. Pinarayi Vijayan said that the UDF government was meddling with the people's welfare programmes initiated by the erstwhile Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
Com. Pinarayi Vijayan said that the government was trying to destroy the State's general education system by permitting private schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) stream at a time when government and aided schools were set for a big leap in the State.
“The government should be for the people of Kerala. By people, I mean the poor and the middle-class sections which constitute 98 per cent of the population,” he said. The government should not mistake the two per cent, who run unaided educational institutions, for the people of Kerala. He said Namboodiripad had a clear and defined perspective of the State's development. “He was a visionary who clearly understood the politics of the media.”
Former Minister for Finance T.M. Thomas Isaac presented a paper on ‘Kerala development – challenges raised by change in government.' A. Vijayaraghavan, CPI(M) Secretariat member, spoke on the ‘contemporary face of colonialism'. DYFI All India President Com. P Sreeramakrishnan, CPIM Malappuram District Secretary Com. Ummer Master were present at the function.
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