Kannur: CPM councillor-elect from Payyannur V K Nishad (35), who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for hurling a bomb at a police party, has landed in fresh trouble after social media reels shared by party workers showed him bursting crackers and joining celebrations following the expulsion of whistleblower V Kunhikrishnan.
Nishad was out on parole at the time, raising questions over a possible violation of parole conditions, which refrain prisoners from engaging in political activities and public gatherings.
CPM District Committee member Kunhikrishnan, who had levelled allegations of financial misappropriation against Payyannur MLA T I Madhusoodanan and accused two party state secretaries, the late Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and M V Govindan, of inaction, was expelled from the party on Monday, January 26.
Soon after the decision, CPM workers held celebrations, distributing payasam and bursting crackers at various places in Payyannur. Video clips of one event before a party office showed Nishad participating in the celebrations and sloganeering.
After the celebration at the party office, a small group of party workers went to Kunhikrishnan's house, raised abusive slogans and burst crackers. Kunhikrishnan was not at home at the time. Nishad, however, was not part of the group that went to the house.
Out on parole for a month
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