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The Communist Party of India (CPI) successful Idukki is facing aggravated turmoil pursuing the setback suffered by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) successful the caller section assemblage elections successful the district. Former CPI territory caput K.K. Sivaraman announced his status from progressive authorities connected Friday aft levelling superior allegations against the party’s territory leadership.
Talking to mediapersons successful Thodupuzha connected Friday, Mr. Sivaraman said helium would henceforth stay conscionable a enactment worker. “I volition not clasp immoderate enactment posts successful future. I person ended my 45-year governmental career,” Mr. Sivaraman said. “The CPI territory enactment is moving successful the incorrect direction, and the party’s information successful this territory is pathetic. Vested interests are ruling the territory leadership, and determination is nary abstraction for self-criticism wrong the party,” said Mr. Sivaraman.
He further alleged that a ‘mafia’ is operating successful the territory with the practice of definite enactment leaders. “During the tenure of erstwhile State secretaries, the enactment was progressive and disciplined. Now, determination is nary progress. I cannot cooperate with the existent stance of the territory leadership,” helium added.
The nationalist fallout comes amid conflicting reports regarding the party’s electoral performance. According to enactment sources, the CPI won lone 44 of the 200-odd seats it contested successful the district. “In the territory panchayat, the enactment mislaid each 5 seats it contested. Furthermore, the enactment failed to triumph a azygous spot successful astir 25 panchayats,” said the source.
‘Leaders sidelined’
“The territory enactment has systematically sidelined elder leaders specified arsenic Mr. Sivaraman, G.N. Gurunathan, and Mathew Varghese to support the interests of the onshore mafia. There were besides allegations of a ‘paid spot system’ utilized during seat-sharing negotiations, which led to the party’s downfall,” said the source.
However, CPI territory caput K. Salimkumar refuted these claims, asserting that the enactment contested 192 seats and won 87. In a property release, the CPI territory assembly dismissed Mr. Sivaraman’s allegations arsenic “anti-party.”
“The allegation that leaders are associated with onshore and quarry mafias is driven by vested interests. The CPI has ever opposed mafia activities successful the district,” the connection read. The assembly attributed the section losses to a broader State-level inclination against the LDF alternatively than issues wrong the party.
