Kerala’s Left Government Builds 12,250 study rooms for Dalit students; 8,500 more in the offing

Padana Muri (Study Room) for SC students, Kerala

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Kerala’s Left Government Builds 12,250 study rooms for Dalit students; 8,500 more in the offing

The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of Kerala has inaugurated 12,250 study rooms constructed using government funds at the houses of Scheduled Caste students who did not have adequate facilities to study at home. Along with these, another 250 community study rooms for Scheduled Tribe students were also opened on Saturday, 20 September 2020 at an online ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by AK Balan, Minister for SC/ST Development, and the study rooms were inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. [Read more]

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“They better realise that times have changed” – Pinarayi Vijayan responds to casteist abuses targeting him

Reactionary sections are incensed not just at his political positions, but also the fact that somebody from the thiyya / ezhava caste, a community of former untouchables with traditional occupations such as coconut plucking and toddy tapping, has risen to the position of the Chief Minister of the State. [Read more]

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan condemns Modi govt’s new rules on cattle slaughter and trade; calls the move an attack on the poor

The Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condemned the notification by the BJP government at the centre prohibiting the sale of cattle for slaughter in markets. Subsequently he shot off a letter to the Prime Minister, demanding the repeal of the newly imposed restrictions. [Read more]