Thiruvananthapuram, July 19 -- Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) State Secretary VK Sanoj strongly criticised Health Minister K Muraleedharan's announcement that Hridayapoorvam, DYFI's free meal distribution programme that has been functioning for years in government hospitals across Keralam, would be discontinued, calling the decision "inhumane" and "highly condemnable."

In a statement, Sanoj said Hridayapoorvam was not merely a programme for distributing food packets but a humanitarian initiative that embodied the ideals of compassion and fraternity advocated by Sree Narayana Guru. He said the programme had been providing meals collected with the support of households to patients and bystanders spending days in hospitals, off...