Kerala General Education and Labour Minister V Sivankutty on Thursday refused to take responsibility if the centre fails to transfer Samagra Shiksha Kerala (SSK) funds worth Rs 1,157 crore, given the decision to freeze the implementation of the PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) scheme.

This comes after strong opposition by the Communist Party of India (CPI), which remains the second-largest party in the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala. CPI leader and party’s Kerala state secretary Binoy Viswam had earlier stated that halting all PM SHRI proceedings was a “political decision” taken by the Left Front.

Reacting to this, Sivankutty said that the letter sent by the Kerala government to the centre about freezing the implementation of the PM SHRI scheme was not abou

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