Synopsis: It has now emerged that the MoU was prepared on 16 October following secret deliberations in Delhi, known only to select top officials and members of the Education Minister’s office. Many ministers reportedly learned about the signing only through media reports.

In an attempt to douse the growing tensions within Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), the CPI(M) has taken a conciliatory step over the controversial signing of the PM SHRI school project MoU, which has drawn sharp criticism from its coalition partner, the Communist Party of India (CPI).

Education Minister V Sivankutty on Saturday, 25 October, personally reached the CPI state headquarters, MN Memorial, to meet CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam and explain the circumstances surrounding the signing of the memora

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