As local body polls near, Left leaders lock horns over PM SHRI
LDF in Kerala may have conveyed its intention to pause the implementation of PM-SHRI—under intense criticism from within the front, but it has done little to ease tensions between allies, the CPI(M) and the CPI. Education Minister V Sivankutty and CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam have continued to engage in a public spat over the issue.