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Expelled Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] person P. K. Sasi volition contention from the Ottapalam Assembly spot arsenic an Independent campaigner with the backing of the United Democratic Front (UDF) aft the Congress decided not to allot him its ‘hand’ symbol.
The UDF had initially planned to tract Mr. Sasi connected the Congress symbol, and run materials featuring the ‘hand’ had already been wide enactment up crossed the constituency. However, the Congress enactment withheld the awesome pursuing objections from a conception of section enactment leaders. Though Mr. Sasi was asked to formally articulation the Congress to resoluteness the issue, helium declined, prompting the determination to contention arsenic an Independent. The hoardings and posters volition beryllium replaced.
Mr. Sasi was precocious expelled from the CPI(M) aft helium publically criticised its State and territory leaderships. Reacting to the action, helium said the enactment had each close to expel him, adding that portion his agelong relation with the CPI(M) had ended, his governmental conflict would continue.
He besides said helium would exposure “wrongdoers” earlier the public. Targeting State caput M.V. Govindan, Mr. Sasi remarked that a important vacuum had emerged successful the enactment pursuing the decease of erstwhile State caput Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. He besides alleged that territory caput E.N. Suresh Babu was portion of a liquor lobby, a complaint that Mr. Babu said helium would legally challenge.
