Kannur: The CPM has expelled T Purushothaman, a Marxist ideologue seen as the backroom strategist for whistleblower V Kunhikrishnan’s election campaign in Payyannur. Purushothaman was a member of the AKG Bhavan branch in Payyannur town under the Payyannur Area Committee.
Hours after the assembly election ended on April 9, suspected CPM workers set fire to Purushothaman’s car parked outside his house at Mahadeva Nagar in Payyannur. Five DYFI activists, including Payyannur West area president Sudheesh, were arrested on April 11 and 12 in connection with the arson. When they were being taken to court, CPM workers gathered at the police station and raised slogans in their support.
On April 18, the CPM district committee’s internal inquiry 'found' that Purushothaman had engaged in a 'planned conspiracy against the party and assisted anti-party forces', according to a statement by district secretary K K Ragesh. On Sunday, district committee member Sarin Sasi presented the report before the AKG Bhavan branch committee, which then revoked Purushothaman's primary membership. CPM's Payyannur area committee member M Raghavan was also present.
Purushothaman has maintained that he was targeted for attending Kunhikrishnan’s book release at Payyannur Gandhi Park on February 4. However, the party viewed him as a key force behind Kunhikrishnan’s campaign against its influential MLA and Kannur district secretariat member T I Madhusoodanan.
Kunhikrishnan, a former CPM district committee...
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