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The Communist Party of India has expelled C. C. Mukundan, MLA from Nattika and a subordinate of the party’s Nattika mandalam committee, from its superior rank citing superior anti-party activities.
In a connection present connected Tuesday, the CPI Nattika mandalam committee said Mr. Mukundan had repeatedly violated enactment subject during his five-year tenure arsenic MLA representing the enactment successful the Nattika Assembly constituency. The enactment said it had taken disciplinary enactment against him respective times earlier and attempted to close his conduct.
As portion of earlier disciplinary steps, Mr. Mukundan had been removed from the territory enforcement during the past enactment league play and reassigned arsenic a subordinate of the Nattika mandalam committee.
According to the statement, the latest enactment followed Mr. Mukundan’s nationalist allegations against the enactment aft the CPI State enforcement decided connected its campaigner for the upcoming Assembly predetermination successful Nattika. The enactment said Mr. Mukundan raised “serious and baseless accusations” successful nationalist and openly declared that helium would contention the predetermination arsenic a UDF-supported Independent aft initiating interaction with leaders of the Congress.
The enactment termed his actions a sedate usurpation of subject expected from some a enactment subordinate and a sitting MLA and said the expulsion was carried retired successful accordance with the enactment constitution with the support of the CPI Thrissur territory council.
The enactment maintained that its determination not to renominate Mr. Mukundan was taken aft elaborate assessments by section enactment committees and the territory leadership. Instead, the CPI has decided to tract erstwhile MLA Geetha Gopi arsenic its campaigner successful the constituency.
Earlier, Mr. Mukundan had announced that helium would contention the coming Assembly predetermination from Nattika arsenic an Independent with enactment from the United Democratic Front. He besides said helium had spoken implicit the telephone with elder Congress leaders K. C. Venugopal and Ramesh Chennithala. Mr. Mukundan claimed helium had resigned from the CPI and added that helium was prepared to measurement down arsenic MLA if necessary.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) Thrissur territory caput K. V. Abdul Khader described Mr. Mukundan’s basal arsenic 1 marked by “political bankruptcy”, alleging that the MLA had forgotten that it was the CPI and the Left Democratic Front that made him some a campaigner and an MLA. He said Mr. Mukundan, by attacking his ain enactment and the front, had efficaciously turned into a pawn successful the hands of governmental opponents.
