KOTTAYAM: For the primary time because the battle between deputy speaker Chittayam Gopakumar of CPI and well being minister Veena George of CPM started, the CPI Pathanamthitta district management has come out publicly in assist of Gopakumar on Sunday.
CPI district secretary A P Jayan replied to CPM district secretary Okay P Udayabhanu, who had provoked Gopakumar together with his assertion to file a grievance with the LDF when he stated that allegation raised by Gopakumar is unusual and it is sort of a father saying that he was not invited to his daughter's marriage. Jayan reacted to Udayabhanu's assertion on Sunday, saying that it was not proper on the natives' half to conduct the woman's marriage, leaving her father as a mere spectator.
Gopakumar had alleged that he was invited for the 'Ente Keralam' mega present in Pathanamthitta solely the night time earlier than the occasion. Since he had earlier dedicated to a different operate in Thiruvananthapuram, he was not able to attend the inaugural operate. This sparked controversy. Although the CPI district and state management hoped that the controversy would quickly die down, Udayabhanu's assertion added gas to the controversy. In response to sources, Jayan was pressured to react to Udayabhanu's assertion publicly as CPI members within the district needed him to take action.
The CPM-CPI rift had widened in Pathanamthitta after CPM management within the district did not maintain its phrase of taking motion in opposition to those that brutally beat CPI leaders throughout a financial institution election in Kodumon in January this yr. Either side clashed with one another in the course of the elections held on January 16. A video of two CPI activists getting thrashed had surfaced on social media. CPI had alleged that it was CPM sympathizers who beat up the employees.