THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is set to meet CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam in Alappuzha on Monday in an attempt to resolve the escalating rift within the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) over the state government’s decision to sign the Centre’s PM SHRI scheme.
The decision for the meeting came after a hastily convened CPI(M) state secretariat session held in Thiruvananthapuram in the morning, chaired by the party’s acting general secretary M.A. Baby.
Sources said the leadership asked the Chief Minister to hold direct discussions with the CPI to find an “amicable” resolution to the controversy that has strained relations between the two Left allies.