THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The autobiography of Kumbalath Sankupillai, ‘Ente Kazhinjakala Smaranakal’ should be made a textbook for public servants, Education Minister M.A. Baby has said.
He was speaking at the commemorative meeting held as part of the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Kumbalath at Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan here on Sunday.
``Public servants should proceed with high moral values. And they should consider the autobiography of Sankupillai as a textbook. The Education Department will give directions to the Kerala University to make the autobiography a reference copy for political science students,’’ said the Minister in his inaugural address.
He said politics is being hated widely by the present society. ``A massive erosion of values is happening in the political field. And there is a combined effort from certain parts of the society to defame political parties that uphold moral values,’’ Baby explained.
He said that Kumbalath Sankupillai had rendered valuable service to the country during the freedom struggle. He also promised that the State Government would actively consider the request for setting up a statue for Kumbalath in the capital.
Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran, poet O.N.V. Kurup, KPCC vice- president Thalekkunnil Basheer, CPI state executive member K.C. Pillai, Kerala Janapaksham president K. Raman Pillai and BJP leader M. S. Kumar also attended the function organised by Kumbalath Sankupillai Memorial Foundation.
The meeting was followed by a discussion on ‘The contributions of Kumbalath Sankupillai to Kerala’.