ALAPPUZHA: A meeting convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam and CPI cabinet ministers failed to reach a consensus on the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Centre’s PM SHRI project.

After the meeting, CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam said the concerns raised by the party remained unresolved. “The issues raised by the CPI have not yet been addressed. The party will discuss the matter with state and central leaders, and a final decision will be announced in the coming days,” Viswam told reporters after the meeting with the chief minister at the Alappuzha Guest House on Monday.

Sources said the CPI has decided that its four ministers will abstain from the next cabinet meeting in protest against the government’s move to sign th

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