Former spokesperson blames BJP leadership for councillor’s suicide

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recovered itself connected the antiaircraft up of the section assemblage elections with erstwhile enactment spokesperson M.S. Kumar holding the enactment enactment liable for the decease by termination of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation councillor K. Anilkumar successful September this year, pursuing a fiscal situation astatine a cooperative nine helium had headed.

In a Facebook station connected Saturday, Mr. Kumar said helium was besides facing intelligence accent akin to what Mr. Anilkumar mightiness person experienced during his past days owed to his engagement successful different cooperative society. The Cooperation section had past twelvemonth ordered an enquiry into the alleged irregularities astatine the Thiruvithamcore Cooperative Society (No. T-1530), formerly headed by Mr. Kumar. Depositors had besides filed complaints with the police.

“ As galore arsenic 70% of the radical who person taken loans from the nine that I americium portion of are my enactment members and 90% of those who person not repaid are besides enactment members. There are mean workers and State office-bearers). There are besides leaders from different parties who are adjacent to Central leaders. I person decided to uncover each their names and the magnitude they person to wage arsenic I americium bushed of asking them to repay. The adjacent station volition uncover these names,” said Mr. Kumar successful the post.

In a remark which appears to beryllium directed astatine the BJP leaders successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, helium says that the radical request to spot the existent look of those who are preparing to instrumentality implicit the governance of the city. “At slightest successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the taxable that volition beryllium discussed successful the run-up to the predetermination volition beryllium the termination of Mr. Anilkumar and the reasons that led to it. He was expected to standard heights successful politics, but it was chopped abbreviated due to the fact that helium became portion of a cooperative society,” said Mr. Kumar.

‘False claims’

He said that the controversies surrounding assorted cooperative societies successful Kerala had prevented investments from coming in. “Some people, retired of idiosyncratic enmity, dispersed mendacious claims against our nine and immoderate media outlets published it without knowing the facts. Those who took loans person stopped repaying. Investors privation to retreat their investments. Those who were expected to basal by america are besides staying away,” helium said.

As per a termination enactment written by Anilkumar, the BJP-controlled Valiyasala Farm Tour Society, of which helium was a part, had been facing a situation with ample amounts of wealth to beryllium recovered. He said successful the missive that the nine has helped “our people” besides and that determination had been a hold successful their repayment of dues. This led to allegations by the CPI(M) that the councillor is pointing fingers astatine his ain party.

Published - November 01, 2025 09:23 p.m. IST

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