Kerala: Mani embarrasses CPI(M) again

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsAfter putting theCPI-M in Kerala in the dock by his controversial speech thatit had eliminated political foes in the past, party leaderM M Mani has once again purportedly made a similar claimembarrassing the party further. Addressing a meeting, organised by the CPI-M at AdimaliPathamile in Idukki district last evening, Mani said the partywas responsible for the murder of a local leader of theCongress's trade union wing INTUC some years ago. The audio of the speech purportedly made by Mani wasbroadcast by Malayalam television channels today. "Our people were involved in the killing", Mani saidreferring to the murder of an INTUC leader which was carriedout as a retaliatory act for killing a pro-CPI(M) CITU leader. Though the case had been investigated and the accusedpunished, now there were moves to implicate him by revivingit, he said. Mani also took at a dig at CPI state secretary PanniayanRaveendran, saying the left ally had acted like a betrayerin time of the CPI(M)'s distress. Mani then went on to allude to certain episodes offolklore of north Kerala to suggest that despite being an allyCPI had sought to deceive CPI(M) when it was in trouble. Mani was removed as CPI-M Idukki district secretary acouple of months ago and later dropped from the statecommittee for his speech at Thodupuzha that the party hadphysically eliminated its foes in the area in the 1980s. Based on Mani's "revelation" police ordered fresh probe inthese cases and criminal charges were framed against Mani andsome other CPI-M leaders in Idukki district. His speech could not have come at a worse time for theCPI-M as it was grappling with the fallout of the murder ofmarxist rebel and Revolutionary Marxist Party leaderT P Chandrasekharan in May this year with several of itsleaders arrested in connection with the case.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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