The Catholic Congress on Saturday criticised Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty over his handling of appointments for differently abled candidates to teaching and non-teaching posts in aided schools across Kerala.
Earlier, the Changanassery and Kothamangalam dioceses of the Syro-Malabar Church and the Church of South India (CSI) had also objected to the Minister’s statement in the Assembly that a recent Supreme Court verdict on appointments in Nair Service Society (NSS) schools did not apply to Christian-aided institutions.
In a statement, the Catholic Congress said Mr. Sivankutty’s remarks were “provocative and condemnable,” calling them an “insult” to the minority community. The Minister evading livelihood issues of voiceless citizens in the name of religion and caste is a challenge to minority and neglected groups.
The statement said that when minority school managements came forward to provide jobs to differently abled persons, citing legal complexities, the government stopped other appointments. This is highly condemnable, it said.
The organisation accused the government of “playing divisive politics” for “political gains” instead of considering the concerns of Christian minorities.
