A.P. Anilkumar, MLA, KPCC president Sunny Joseph, and Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan during a protest meeting organised by the Ernakulam District Congress Committee at Kaloor against the policies of the Central and State governments.
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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Sunny Joseph and Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Saturday (July 19, 2025) accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of having failed in resolving the various problems faced by people.
The tragic incident in which a 52-year-old woman was killed after a portion of an old and dilapidated building at the Government Medical College Hospital in Kottayam collapsed on July 3 remains a stark reminder of the government’s inefficiency, Mr. Joseph said at the meeting organised by the Ernakulam District Congress Committee here against the anti-people policies of the Left government.
He alleged that the Ministers who had reached the spot failed to speed up the rescue efforts. Instead, they tried to play down the incident in order to hide the failure of the government. The loss of Midhun, a Class VIII student at Thevalakkara Boys High School, Kollam, after he was electrocuted while trying to retrieve a slipper that had fallen onto the roof of the bicycle shed on the school compound was another such incident, he said
Mr. Satheesan said that the higher education sector had been hit severely as the government had failed to appoint permanent Vice-Chancellors in universities and Principals in government colleges. Hundreds of aspirants were leaving the State for higher education abroad in view of the pathetic situation here, he added.
Published – July 20, 2025 01:27 am IST
