Chennithala urges secular events to hitch palms to struggle Centre’s transfer on cooperatives

Slamming the Centre for creating a brand new Ministry of Cooperation, senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday urged secular events within the nation to return collectively and launch a joint struggle in opposition to the “move by the BJP and Sangh Parivar to take control” of the important thing sector.
“This is an unconstitutional and communal move by the Modi-government to gain control of cooperative societies in states like Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra where the co-operative movement has a strong presence”, Chennithala mentioned.
Urging all of the secular forces to return collectively and struggle collectively in opposition to the transfer, the senior Congress chief mentioned a delegation of opposition events ought to meet the President of India searching for his intervention within the matter.
Chennithala, who can be the previous Leader of Opposition within the Kerala Assembly, mentioned the opposition must also search a authorized possibility into the matter as Cooperative Societies is a state topic within the seventh Schedule through entry 32 of the State List within the Constitution of India.

His assertion comes a day after the Kerala authorities mentioned that it could first attempt to perceive the motive behind the Centre creating the Ministry of Cooperation earlier than taking any motion.
“Since cooperative societies are a state subject, it is natural for states to have such a concern,” Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned on Saturday.

Noting that it’s a state topic, Vijayan has mentioned there are multi-state cooperative societies, which aren’t large-scale establishments, warranting a separate ministry.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was given the cost of the newly-created Ministry, has mentioned the federal government is decided to make cooperatives and all cooperative establishments extra empowered.