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Amid reports that recalcitrant erstwhile Devikulam MLA S. Rajendran volition articulation the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), helium is expected to denote his stance connected Saturday.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] person having sizeable power among plantation workers successful the Devikulam constituency has maintained a region from the enactment successful the past 4 years.
Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Rajendran said nary CPI(M) person had approached him up of the section assemblage election. “Their stance indicates that they bash not privation my support. My aides and the erstwhile CPI(M) subdivision caput are contesting arsenic BJP candidates successful Munnar. They person approached maine and sought assistance but I americium yet to run for them,” helium said.
“Earlier, the BJP did not get candidates to contention elections successful Munnar. But present it has gained power among plantation workers successful Devikulam and fielded candidates successful each seats. It indicates that the BJP has emerged arsenic an influential origin successful Devikulam,” helium said.
“Those who enactment maine person asked maine to denote my governmental stance earlier the election. I volition denote my authoritative stance astatine a property conscionable successful Munnar connected Saturday,” said Mr. Rajendran.
In December 2021, the CPI(M) territory committee had recommended stringent enactment against Mr. Rajendran for ‘lapses’ during the Assembly polls. The enactment enquiry committee recovered that helium had abstained from the run of enactment campaigner A. Raja. It besides recovered that helium did not actively enactment successful the run enactment and tried to divert votes.
Based connected these findings, the enactment enactment suspended him for 1 twelvemonth successful February 2022. After that, Mr. Rajendran had consistently distanced himself from the party.
