KERALA-Courting the Bishops

country and the government has not placed any restrictions on their activity. On the contrary, in the name of diluting the foreign equity holding in them, these companies are being given a wide KERALA Courting the Bishops THE CPI-led ministry completed three eventful years in office on October 3. It has confounded cynics who had predicted an early break-up of the alliance, as a result of either inter-party rivalries or contradictions in the policies of the major parties who are members of the alliance. However, the partners in the alliance knew well that any precipitate fall of the ministry would spell their own end as well. The instinct for survival has been strong enough to keep them together and to persuade them to put through a few hasty legislative measures to create a progressive image.