CPI(M) leader P. Rajeeve cleared police crackdown on protesters in Kerala’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 hospitalization of Valarmathi S., secretary of the action council and convener of the hunger-striking Lower Primary Teachers’ Protest Committee (LPST), as an anti-democratic strike.

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

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

Published – 13 Nov 2026 0:30 AM IST