CPI(M) leader P. Rajeeve flays police action against protesters in Keralam’s Thiruvananthapuram

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] central committee member P. Rajeeve has termed Wednesday night’s police action against protesters in Thiruvananthapuram and the removal to hospital of Valarmathi S., secretary of the action council and convener of the lower primary school teacher (LPST) rank holders’ protest committee, who was on a hunger strike, as anti-democratic.

The government must specify which court order within six months of the United Democratic Front (UDF) assuming power that it relied on for such actions. Moreover, it owes an explanation on why it “went back” on an earlier assurance to extend the time frame for Public Service Commission rank lists. Agitations are being “suppressed”, while social media accounts are being closed down, he told the media here on Thursday.

Likewise, the government that is finding fault with the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) is taking credit for projects that were taken up under it. In another move, the government is preparing to inaugurate the construction work of the KIIFB-funded digital park, whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the Left Democratic Front was in power in the State, Mr. Rajeeve said.

Published - November 13, 2026 12:30 am IST