THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA, November 19, 2002: Politically-conscious Kerala is in the midst of a debate on who should get prominence in college courses, Gandhi or Marx. The controversy has been extended to the Kerala Assembly where Congress member Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan wondered how Gandhism could be relegated to the background to give prominence to Marxism in the revised syllabus of the MA (Political Science) course of the Kerala University. Education Minister Nalakath Soopy expressed the Government’s displeasure at the prominence given to Marxism and said the Government viewed the issue seriously. The issue will be considered by a special meeting of the Board of Studies of the University and any changes in the curriculum would be done based on decisions made at the meeting. Kerala’s communist party has long been prominent in the State.
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