The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] held out an olive branch to the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday, after the latter accused the government of “whimsically” inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central government to secure the PM-SHRI federal allocation for school education, sans consultation with the cabinet or the Left Democratic Front (LDF).

General Education Minister V Sivankutty, who authorised the controversial Central-State accord, called on CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam at the party’s headquarters at M N Smarakam in Thiruvananthapuram to clarify matters. He later told reporters that the talks were cordial and had helped clear the air.

On Wednesday, CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam sparked a fraught phase in coalition relations by public

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