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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
National Cooperation Policy 2025 detrimental to Kerala's cooperative sector: Kerala Cooperative Employees' Union
The National Cooperation Policy 2025 unveiled by the Union government in July is part of an agenda by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to wrest control of the thriving cooperative sector networks in Kerala and other States, the Left-backed Kerala Cooperative Employees Union (KCEU) has said. The policy reflects the political and financial motives of the BJP government, the KCEU said on Monday (August 18, 2025), announcing a Raj Bhavan march and Statewide protests on August 20 against the policy. KCEU general secretary N.K. Ramachandran said that the policy encroaches upon the constitutional space of the States. Cooperative societies are part of the State List (Entry 32) in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. The policy will be detrimental to the cooperative sector of the State which accounts for almost 70% of the national average. The policy is aimed at bringing the cooperative societies in the States under the control of the Union government and building a parallel cooperative network led by the BJP across the country, the KCEU alleged. The KCEU described the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, passed by the Union government in July 2023, as inimical to the interests of the people and the cooperative sector. There are 95 MSCSs operating in Kerala. The State government has no control over them, unlike in the case of State-level cooperative societies. There is also no clarity regarding the governing council members and shareholders of these MSCSs, the KCEU said. Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) State general secretary Elamaram Kareem will inaugurate the Raj Bhavan protest on August 20. The same day, protests will be held outside Union government offices in district headquarters across the State, the KCEU said.
Express Tribune
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
KCEU doubles efforts to highlight Kashmir issue
Brussels-based Kashmir Council Europe (KCEU) has accelerated its efforts to raise global awareness about the Kashmir issue, contacting with key European personalities and influential figures, it has been officially said. The KCEU chairman had held high-level meetings and initiated dialogues in Europe, while organizing conferences and seminars to amplify the Kashmiri voice, said a message released to the media. The massage said that a significant seminar on Kashmir at Europe Press Club in Brussels, coincided with heightened security situation in South Asia (India and Pakistan). Earlier, following India's aggression against Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, the KCEU chairman urgently wrote a letter to European higher authorities, urging immediate intervention to prevent further escalation. The KCEU chairman said that the council remained committed to advocating for a peaceful resolution of the issue in line with UN resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. The KCEU's Chairman letter was dispatched to Ursula Von Der Leyen, President European Commission, Antonio Costa, President European Council, Roberta Metsola, President European Parliament and Kaja Kallas, High Representative of EU on Foreign Affairs. In the letter, Ali Raza Syed had urgently appealed to the European Union to play a proactive mediatory role in de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following a dangerous military confrontation. Recent Indian missile strikes in darkness of night on Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, dubbed Operation Sindoor, killed innocent civilians, including children, and injured dozens, marking a severe violation of international law. These strikes came just a few days after the Pahalgam attack in Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir, which India falsely attributed to Pakistan. Islamabad had rejected New Delhi allegation and demanded a neutral investigation into the incident, warning that India's aggressive actionsincluding suspending the Indus Water Treaty and mass expulsions of Kashmiris from their landthreaten regional stability.
