THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Education Minister V. Sivankutty has openly criticised the CPI over the PM SHRI scheme controversy, saying that no one needs to teach the CPM how to practice leftist politics. CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam hit back, saying he is not the one to teach the Education Minister- that responsibility, he said, lies with M.A. Baby and M.V. Govindan.

The dispute over the PM SHRI scheme has once again created tension within the Left Democratic Front (LDF). Sivankutty’s remarks against Binoy Viswam highlighted the growing rift between the CPM and CPI. The controversy began after the government, reportedly under pressure from the CPI, sent a letter to the Centre temporarily halting participation in the PM SHRI scheme. Sivankutty’s criticism was directed at Binoy Viswam’s earlier

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