The subtle casteism inside the current pinarayi ministry, or any other ministry that has ruled kerala in the past.

Sc leaders usually contest from sc seats. It is very rare to find a sc candidate in a general seat. And when the sc candidate of the alliance that forms the government wins from such a reserved seat and comes to assembly, they will only get scst development portfolio or some other weak ministries. And that too for only one person. If other sc leaders was elected, they will sit in the gallery.

One recent example is Mr k radhakrishnan, he is from sc community, ex mla of chelakkara and currently mp of alathur. He is one of the very few cpim leaders who i respect. A true communist, someone who is worthy of becoming even the chief minister of kerala someday.

What did he get when he joined cabinet? Scst development and Devasom. Why does a capable leader like him is wasted in such weak portfolios. Don't we have enough scst leaders to fill it. Why was he denied major portfolios like pwd or electricity or transport. He could have even become a capable home minister.

And what happened after he left the mla seat and became an mp. That ministry was filled by OR kelu another mla from st community.

I want you all to know that there was 13 ldf mlas elected from sc st community. And not even a single person other than radhakrishnan got any portfolios. Like nothing. And even radhakrishnan, a capable leader, only got scst development and Devasom.

Only after he resigned another person from the scst community got a seat in the cabinet, mr OR kelu. That too for the same scst development and Devasom portfolio which radhakrishnan left. No other leader from the scst community is party of the pinarayi cabinet.

The way suresh gopi presented it wasn't the best(that guy doesn't know to read or write malayalam, yes that was a surprise for me too. When i saw one of his interview recently). But there is very strong casteism within the so called progressive communist party or even Congress for that matter. Because this is a trend that is being reoccurring since ages.