CITU-affiliated union says the focus on Fisheries Minister’s community identity risks deepening fault lines within the coastal community and that identity-based divisions will undermine the tradition of collective labour at sea. Latin Catholic Church had expressed displeasure at the portfolio being denied to a member of the Church
After a closed-door meeting between Fisheries Minister Abdul Gafoor and Thiruvananthapuram Archbishop Thomas J Netto, Church spokesperson Fr Beed Manoj Amado said “rough season” was imminent and the government should fast-track relief measures to alleviate the fishing community’s hardship
IUML leader and Fisheries Minister Abdul Gafoor’s mission to iron out difficulties with Church leadership in a closed-door meet with Thiruvananthapuram Archbishop Thomas J. Netto appears to have yielded mixed results