Kerala CM Urges Centre Not To Rename Institute After RSS' Gowalkar
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has requested the central government to reconsider the decision to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology after RSS leader MS Gowalkar. CM Vijayan asked Union Minister Harsh Vardhan to drop the proposed name and has urged to rename the institute after renowned scientists. Supporting CM's stand, Thiruvananthapuram MP Sashi Tharoor has suggested renaming the institute after a renowned bacteriologist from Kerala Dr P Palpu.