{
  "id": 15094222,
  "title": "Government must heed common people, says CPI’s Veerapandian",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/government-must-heed-common-people-says-cpis-veerapandian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T01:37:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/government-must-heed-common-people-says-cpis-veerapandian/article71560309.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "CPI state secretary M.Veerapandian emphasized during a media interaction in Hosur that the government must listen to the concerns of ordinary citizens and not rely solely on bureaucrats to shape public policies. Despite the expectation that significant changes would take time, the new administration should address the demands of common people, including sanitation workers, road workers, nurses, government doctors, teachers, and rural road network workers whose promises were not fulfilled during the previous regime. The CPI leader clarified that the party's support for the Left-Democrat coalition was not for a government, but rather to safeguard democracy, and it would remain allied with the common people. He also addressed the controversy surrounding the use of Hindi on medicine covers in government hospitals, stating that while the CPI respected all languages, it strongly opposed the Union government's decision to enforce Hindi in any form. It was worth noting that the medicine covers were procured by the previous DMK government.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}