M.B. Rajesh, MP, in a statement here on Friday has said that the `people’s convention’ demanding to start the work of the promised Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Palakkad being held on
Saturday at District Panchayat Hall Conference Hall here at 3 p.m. will be attended by prominent personalities and representatives of various political parties and professional bodies.
He said former Union Minister O. Rajagopal, P.K. Biju, K.E. Ismail (M.Ps), A.K. Balan, MLA, among others will be attending the convention.
He said that representatives of trade and business and other professional bodies particularly from the education sector will be attending the people’s convention for IIT.
He has appealed to all sections of the people to join the convention to put pressure on the State government to start the work of the IIT promised to Palakkad by the State government.
Mr. Rajesh has said that it is a false campaign that there is no land available in the district for the IIT. The State government had identified 600 acres of land at Pudussery Central village .
He said that an IIT was promised to Palakkad because of the backwardness of the district in the field of higher education.
