THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With Congress and the LDF speaking in unison against the Union governmentThe decision to name the new research facility in the Rajiv gandhi Biotechnology Center here after the ideologue RSS MS GolwalkarBJP politicians on Sunday issued statements supporting the decision.
“He was Professor of Zoology at the Hindu University of Benares. He dropped out of school while doing his Ph.D. in marine biology and became an active member of RSS. It should be made clear on what basis it is said that his name should not be used for the new facility, ”said Union Minister V Muraleedharan in Kasaragod.
He said Izquierda has given the names of many communist politicians, who were imprisoned in 1947 and 1962 for anti-national activities, to various institutions. The UDF had named a government university at Perinthalmanna in Malappuram after an official of the Indian Union of the Muslim League (IUML), which was not even an MLA, he added.
Muraleedharan said that Kerala The BJP unit had no role in naming the institute and that was a decision made by its governing council.
Speaking to reporters here, BJP State President K Surendran said a controversy was being created out of thin air. BJP official MT Ramesh said Golwalkar, who holds a master’s degree, had great insight into the country’s scientific development. He said that Golwalkar’s ideas and teachings are relevant today. Ramesh responded to the CPM, saying that the party should explain the basis for naming a football stadium in Kozhikode in honor of EMS Namboothiripad.
The Center’s decision had drawn strong criticism, and LDF and UDF officials said the move was taken to deepen the communal divide. Even the prime minister Pinarayi Vijayan has voiced opposition to naming the institution as the ideologue of RSS.
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