LDF MLAs staged a walkout from the Kerala Assembly after an adjournment motion on the PM SHRI scheme was disallowed.
Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan accused the UDF government of a 'shameful surrender' regarding their pre-election stance on the scheme.
Education Minister N. Samsudheen argued that the previous LDF government had already bound the state to the scheme by signing an MoU.
The debate centers on whether the state has the policy autonomy to reject or accept the central PM SHRI program.