CPI Protests Kerala Government’s Move to Join PM Shri Scheme, Calls It a Violation of Coalition Discipline
PM SHRI Schools: Conflict has erupted within Kerala's ruling LDF coalition, with the CPI protesting against the CPI(M) over the state government's decision to join the PM SHRI School Scheme. The CPI claims that it and other LDF parties were not informed of this decision, calling it a violation of coalition rules. The CPI(M) stated that accepting funds is fine, but the strict conditions of the scheme will not be accepted.
Political unrest has broken out in Kerala's ruling coalition, the LDF. Its main ally, the Communist Party of India (CPI), protested on Friday against the state government's move to join the Prime Minister's Schools for Rising India (PM Shri) scheme.
CPI State General Secretary Binoy Viswam asserted that the party and other LDF partners were kept in the dark about this decision entirely, terming it a breach of the collective discipline of the coalition. He clarified that the scheme had not even been placed before the cabinet, but the pact was signed in a hasty manner. He asked why and why so hastily.
The CPI cautioned that this action could open the door for the adoption of the National Education Policy (NEP) that the LDF has been opposing all along. There is also dissatisfaction within the party regarding the boarding and labeling of PM SRI schools.
