CPI(M) diverting attention from Sabarimala gold theft case by highlighting charges against Mamkootathil, says Chennithala

Congress person Ramesh Chennithala has claimed that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] is trying to divert attraction from the Sabarimala golden theft lawsuit by highlighting the charges of intersexual misconduct levelled against Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil.

Addressing a ‘Meet-the-leader’ lawsuit organised by the Calicut Press Club up of the section assemblage polls present connected Saturday, helium denied media reports suggesting a rift wrong the Congress implicit the allegations against Mr. Mamkootathil.

“The lawsuit is related to an individual, which does not impact the radical astatine large. The enactment unanimously took enactment against Mr. Mamkootathil by suspending him from its superior rank and past from the Congress Legislature Party. He has besides resigned from the station of the Youth Congress State president. The instrumentality volition instrumentality its ain course,” Mr. Chennithala said. He besides refuted the complaint that the Congress had officially engaged Mr. Mamkootathil for campaigning successful Palakkad.

The Congress leader, meanwhile, alleged that the Left Democratic Front (LDF), connected the different hand, was a den of blameworthy people. “There are much terrible charges against M. Mukesh, MLA. A. Padmakumar, erstwhile MLA, and N. Vasu, erstwhile president of the Travancore Devaswom Board, are successful jailhouse related to Sabarimala golden theft case. The CPI(M) has not taken immoderate enactment against these people,” helium said.

Welfare Party tie-up

Asked astir the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) “tie-up” with the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind-backed Welfare Party of India for the section assemblage polls, Mr. Chennithala said that the Congress-led conjugation had nary confederation anyplace with that party. However, successful definite places, the UDF was cooperating with definite individuals and section groups. He said that the CPI(M) had nary close to criticise the UDF implicit this arsenic it had earlier solicited the votes of the JeH, the Social Democratic Party of India, and the People’s Democratic Party led by Abdul Nasir Maudany. The Congress person besides alleged that the CPI(M) was appeasing the bulk assemblage and tarnishing the minorities due to the fact that the second had not voted for it successful the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.