Pinarayi Vijayan accuses UDF government of ‘surrender’ to RSS agenda
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has accused the UDF government of surrendering to the RSS agenda by aligning state university acts with UGC regulations. He claims this move undermines federalism and university autonomy in Kerala.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political tensions regarding the centralization of education policy and the influence of national political ideologies on state-level governance in India.
Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday accused the United Democratic Front (UDF) government of “blatant surrender to the RSS agenda” over its written submission before the Supreme Court that the State’s University Acts must conform to the University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations.
In a post on X, Mr. Vijayan alleged that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had for a decade defended Keralam’s federal rights and university autonomy, while resisting attempts to use Governors and UGC regulations to undermine State laws.
He alleged that the United Democratic Front (UDF) government has abandoned that position, which he claimed would allegedly open the State’s universities to Governor control and advance the Sangh Parivar’s project of centralisation and saffronisation.
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