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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has served a show-cause announcement connected the erstwhile Travancore Devaswom Board president and enactment territory committee subordinate A. Padmakumar, seeking an mentation connected his alleged relation successful the Sabarimala golden theft case.
The notice, delivered via registered post, comes aft allegations that Mr. Padmakumar’s actions brought disrepute to the party. The determination comes a week aft Mr. Padmakumar secured bail, signalling the party’s intent to reassert power implicit the narrative.
CPI(M) sources accidental the determination was taken pursuing the enactment State leadership's directives, without anterior treatment astatine the territory secretariat oregon committee level. Insiders suggest it is the archetypal measurement towards removing him from the territory committee.
The announcement besides asks Mr. Padmakumar to clarify his effect to media reports linking him to the case. While nary photos oregon grounds person surfaced straight connecting him to the main accused Unnikrishnan Potti, images of erstwhile Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran alongside Mr. Potti had surfaced successful the media. A raid astatine the residence of Mr. Padmakumar had besides yielded nary impervious linking him to the theft.
The CPI(M) territory committee has already removed Mr. Padmakumar from its authoritative WhatsApp group. Party sources accidental the determination aims astatine preventing him from accessing committee decisions and updates. There is besides a increasing interest wrong the enactment that his beingness astatine committee meetings could provoke interior dissent and supply governmental ammunition to rivals.
Mr. Padmakumar, who has been arraigned arsenic the eighth accused successful the Sabarimala golden scandal, was arrested by the peculiar probe squad (SIT) connected November 20 past year.
He was granted statutory bail connected March 4, 2026.
