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Signalling his exit from the enactment successful which helium has served for implicit 63 years, Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] seasoned and erstwhile Minister G. Sudhakaran announced connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) that helium volition beryllium contesting arsenic an Independent campaigner from the Ambalapuzha constituency successful the forthcoming Kerala Assembly elections.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Sudhakaran, however, said helium has “no plans of abandoning the Communist party’s ideals, to which helium remains steadfast to”, oregon to articulation immoderate different enactment oregon front.
Mr. Sudhakaran said helium “will not talk sick of the communist party, nor bash quality assassination of anyone.” He would not person immoderate partition graffiti for the campaign, though helium would not reason it if idiosyncratic other does it.
To a question arsenic to whether helium would judge the enactment of immoderate different front, Mr. Sudhakaran said helium would respond to specified questions erstwhile enactment is offered. “I would not talk against the LDF government,” helium said.
Mr. Sudhakaran reiterated his earlier connection that helium had not applied for rank scrutiny (an yearly intra-party exercise) due to the fact that helium felt that the party’s State and territory (Alappuzha) enactment had “spurned and ridiculed him”. He said that helium volition “hit backmost with afloat force, but with civility, to immoderate attempts to quality assassinate him.”
He cited “the feeling of being insulted” owed to specified online attacks arsenic 1 of the reasons down his decisions to contest.
“People who person grown up without studying oregon knowing the party’s ideals ablution abuses astatine maine and marque AI clips to insult me. I volition not o.k. of specified behaviour. I volition proceed to dependable the party’s ideals. Some radical successful liable positions assertion that I shouldn’t beryllium demanding much since I got the Minister station for 2 terms. That is an un-Marxian opinion. Communist leaders specified arsenic Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro person each remained successful their positions till the extremity of their lives. No 1 asked them these questions. The lone question that matters is what the idiosyncratic has done utilizing that post,” helium said.
No talks with different parties held
He refuted speculations that helium had held talks with leaders from different parties implicit the past fewer days.
“Till this moment, I person not held discussions with immoderate person from the Opposition enactment oregon told immoderate mediaperson that I americium readying to contention arsenic portion of immoderate front. There person besides been mendacious claims that CPI(M) enactment leaders person paid a sojourn to mollify me. No concern exists for them to transportation retired specified a mission. CPI(M) State committee subordinate C.S. Sujatha and Alappuzha territory secretariat subordinate G. Harishankar, who visited, are my relatives. (CPI(M) wide secretary) M.A. Baby besides spoke to me,” said Mr. Sudhakaran.
He said helium remained “opposed to each kinds of communalism”, including bulk and number communalism, some of which are “dangerous.”
While speaking connected the galore projects implemented nether his tenure arsenic a Minister, helium said that not adjacent the party’s mouthpiece Deshabhimani present mentions the information that the Perumbalam bridge, which was completed precocious with overmuch fanfare, was initiated nether his tenure arsenic the PWD Minister.
He called for “introspection wrong the party” regarding the eroding elector basal successful Alappuzha territory successful the caller section assemblage elections, owing to “questionable decisions connected candidature” astatine assorted constituencies.
Slams Elamaram Kareem
Mr. Sudhakaran besides deed retired Elamaram Kareem, wide caput of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), for contesting successful the Lok Sabha elections instantly aft the extremity of his word arsenic a Rajya Sabha MP and for attempts to represent himself arsenic “a secular Muslim” during the campaign.
