Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala

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Attempts are underway across the nation to destroy the Constitution and constitutional values and to inflame communalism, and the Indian National Congress is engaged in a nationwide fight against this, Kerala Home Minister. Ramesh Chennithala has said.He was speaking during the 80th Independence Day celebrations held at the KPCC headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.Mr. Chennithala said the nation is “solidly founded” on the eight decades of development and progress that the Congress ushered in. He said the Independence Day celebrations will lend strength to the Congress’s fight to uphold constitutional values.KPCC General Secretary (Organisation) Neyyattinkara Sanal, Political Affairs Committee members Cherian Philip, V.S. Sivakumar, and Pandalam Sudhakaran; KPCC Vice Presidents Palode Ravi and T. Sarathchandra Prasad; General Secretaries Maryapuram Sreekumar, Manacaud Suresh, M.A. Vahid, K.B. Sasikumar, Alsajitha Rasal, and R. Lakshmi, Jawahar Bal Manch All India Chairman G.V. Hari, Seva Dal Chairman Ramesan Karuvacherry, K. Mohan Kumar and Varkala Kahar were among those present in the event. Published - August 15, 2026 12:53 pm IST