Kerala government requests to halt PM SHRI scheme proceedings due to internal disagreements, following CPI's objections and calls for review.

The Kerala government wrote to the Union Ministry of Education requesting a halt to all proceedings related to the PM SHRI (Schools for Rising India) scheme, following strong disagreements within the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF).

The letter to the Union government is a follow-up to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s statement on October 29 that a cabinet sub-committee will review the scheme and submit a report on it.

The decision to review the scheme was taken after the Communist Party of India (CPI), the second-largest party in the ruling coalition, openly aired its objections to the move and complained that it was not briefed before the MoU

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