VS slams Kerala govt over fee

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sulking Marxist veteran VS Achuthanandan on Sunday upped the ante against the Left front regime, criticising the CPI(M)-led government’s stand

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sulking Marxist veteran VS Achuthanandan on Sunday upped the ante against the Left front regime, criticising the CPI(M)-led government’s stand on self-financing medical colleges.

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Dubbing the state administration’s position on the fee structure of self-financing colleges as “not correct”, he urged the government to take steps to end an indefinite hunger strike being carried out by two Congress legislators here.

MLAs Hybi Eden and Shafi Parambil are on a fast at the Assembly premises, while Anup K. Jacob of the ruling UDF’S ally Kerala Congress (Jacob) was admitted to hospital on Saturday after his condition deteriorated.

Achuthanandan on Sunday said the government was “not correct” on its stand on the fee structure. “The state has to take immediate action to contain this anomaly,” he said.

When his remark triggered a debate, Achuthanandan said he was misquoted.