UDF Govt a ''religious and caste federation; CPM

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25:The CPI(M) lashed out against the Congress -led United Democratic Front government and alleged that the new ministry has become a ''religious and caste federation." Addressing newsmen here, CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijyan alleged that the UDF had abided to the religious and caste organisations while deciding members of the cabinet.

''Did the Congress take a political stand while deciding the ministers? The ministers were decided not based on political assessment but only on religious and caste equations. The new ministry is only a group of religious and caste federation,'' he said.

He also asked who was going to rule the state. "Is it the Congress or the UDF or somebody else?," he asked. Mr Vijayan also noted that persons who had cases pending were made ministers in the cabinet.

Lashing out at the new government, he flayed the trifurcation of the Department of Local Self-Government under three Ministers. He said the trifurcation of the department into separate departments would only lead to the demolition of the decentralisation initiatives.

He also alleged that Finance Minister K M Mani's statement that a white paper on the condition of the State's economy only showed that the liberalisation policies were coming back to the state. "When the LDF government handed over the administration to the UDF, the treasury had Rs 2,100 crore. So what is the reason behind bringing out a white paper now," he asked.

--UNI

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