Kerala CM VD Satheesan said his government is "forced to continue with [PM SHRI] scheme, as previous [LDF] government signed the MoU with the Centre and received...funds". "The government under LDF hadn't taken a single paisa...Satheesan is lying," LDF said. Notably, Congress had opposed the scheme when it was in Opposition, calling it a Sangh Parivar agenda to "saffronise" education.