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Senior Congress person Ramesh Chennithala connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) alleged that the CPI(M) had “humiliated and forced out” seasoned person and erstwhile Kerala Minister G. Sudhakaran.
He besides described the “treatment” meted retired to him arsenic a “grave injustice against a sincere communist” who had served the enactment for decades.
Addressing the media successful Thiruvananthapuram, the erstwhile Kerala Leader of the Opposition said Mr. Sudhakaran, who has worked selflessly for the enactment for implicit fractional a century, had been subjected to “continuous humiliation” by his ain colleagues successful caller years.
“Sudhakaran is simply a person who upheld values successful some nationalist and idiosyncratic life. I person known him since our pupil days erstwhile we participated unneurotic successful oratory competitions and nationalist programmes. Even his governmental opponents person a bully idiosyncratic sentiment astir him,” helium said.
He added that the erstwhile five-time MLA and Minister successful the archetypal Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet had earned a estimation for his beardown stance against corruption and principled governmental conduct. Targeting the CPI(M), helium alleged that the enactment was present “hunting down an honorable communist leader”.
“For the past 5 oregon six years, enactment leaders person been continuously targeting him and adjacent insulting his family. A subordinate of a martyr’s household has been publically humiliated and forced out. This is 1 of the biggest betrayals committed by the CPI(M),” helium said.
Mr. Sudhakaran, who antecedently represented the Ambalappuzha constituency successful Alappuzha district, publically declared his intentions to contention arsenic an Independent campaigner from the constituency for the upcoming Assembly polls earlier successful the day.
Mr. Chennithala, who represents Haripad constituency successful the aforesaid district, said the “mental anguish” suffered by Mr. Sudhakaran aft dedicating astir 65 years of his beingness to the CPI(M) should go “a taxable of treatment successful Kerala’s governmental circles.”
Responding to questions connected whether the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) would enactment Mr. Sudhakaran if helium contests arsenic an Independent, Mr. Chennithala said the Congress, the UDF enactment and the territory enactment successful Alappuzha “will sermon the substance and instrumentality an due decision,” helium said.
In his idiosyncratic view, helium added, it would beryllium a affirmative improvement if a nationalist fig similar Mr. Sudhakaran were to instrumentality to the Assembly. “Any determination by the seasoned person would beryllium a large setback for the CPI(M),” helium stated.
