Thiruvananthapuram: A 60 member strong reception committee has been constituted for the grand reception being hosted for JNUSU president Kanhaiah Kumar in Thiruvananthapuram on April 12. A public meeting will be held at the Nayanar memorial park Putharikandam Maidan which will be attended by over 5000 students and youth delegates. Besides, a cross section of political leaders, intellectuals, scientists, cultural leaders will attend the reception.
Prof K N Panikkar is the chief patron of the function. Prominent political and cultural leaders including Pannyan Raveendran , C Divakaran, V K PRashanth, M P Achuthan, Puthussery Ramachandran, Dr Balamhan Thampy, Perumpuzha Gopalakrishnan, Ezhache- rry Ramachandran, V. P. Unnikrishnan, Kuripuzha Sreekumar , Murukan Katakada and Bhagavi Thankappan are patrons.
G. R. Anil who is the chairman of the reception committee said besides student and youth representatives, the function will be open to public.
CPI state leaders say since Kanhaiah enjoys support of people cutting across political affiliations and ideologies, the party was making all-effort to bring people belonging to various sections of society for the meeting. “We don’t want to brand him as the leader of a particular political party. His appeal crosses ideological boundaries and that should remain ,” said C Divakaran who is contesting from Nedumangad constituency.
The CPI leader had earlier stated that he would try to bring Kanhaiah to the constituency for campaigning. Though the JNUSU president will not be campaigning for LDF candidates during his visit to the state, CPI leaders say his speeches will convey the message to voters.
