Kerala Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan condoles death of M.P. Parameswaran

Leader of Opposition and senior CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan remembered M.P. Parameswaran, the former nuclear scientist and CPI(M) theorist who passed away on Tuesday, as a strong advocate of rationalist thought and participatory development.“During an extensive stage of his life, he was a strong proponent and promoter of Left politics and scientific socialist thought,” Mr. Vijayan said in a condolence message. Mr. Parameswaran’s stand that participatory development and empowerement of the underprivileged should be ensured had a notable influence on Kerala’s development paradigm, Mr. Vijayan said.(A long-time CPI(M) member, Mr. Parameswaran was expelled from the party in 2004 for his ‘Fourth World’ ideas).Mr. Parameswaran has left his mark on Kerala society as a nuclear scientist, promot