In a significant move on his final day as Kerala's State Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes, CPI-M leader K. Radhakrishnan, who recently won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Alathur, has eliminated the term colony from official records. Radhakrishnan said, "The word 'colony' is associated with slavery and was created by oppressors."