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Attack on colleges condemned

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LDF move is detrimental to the interests of minorities: CSS

KOCHI: The Christian Service Society (CSS) has expressed protest against the attacks on self-financing educational institutions run by minority community managements.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the society leaders said the Christian Service Society was opposed to collection of high amounts of donations by educational institutions owned by members of minority communities.

They also demanded that such institutions should offer free education to the members of the respective communities.

`Social justice'

The CSS leaders claimed that they were aiming to realise a social justice based on the morals of Christianity; hence they were against commercialisation of education.

They said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government, which had come to power with the support of the minority communities, was now taking steps that were by and large detrimental to the interests of these groups.

The educational institutions and hospitals should be run not for making profit but for imparting knowledge and for healing the people.

They pointed out that no Government would be allowed to usurp the rights granted under the Constitution to the minority communities.

State leaders, including Annie Jacob, Delight Paul, C.A. Cletus and V.J Manual, were among those who participated in the press conference.

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