Criminal gangs part and parcel of CPM: Sudhakaran

Thiruvananthapuram: KPCC president K Sudhakaran here on Wednesday said criminal gangs were part and parcel of CPM and leaders like Pinarayi Vijayan, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and E P Jayarajan are the ‘role models’ for these youngsters engaged in criminal activities in their quest for making easy money.
The CPM narrative about its relation with criminal gangs were plain lies. CPM’s claims that it has expelled criminals from the party was nothing but a drama to hoodwink the public, said Sudhakaran.
“Kodi Suni and Kirmani Manoj are still in CPM. I challenge chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to take action against Suni and Manoj. Suni is the de facto superintendent of Kannur jail. They get all kinds of facilities in jail. How come they get such privileges in jail? They are in possession of stinking secrets of CPM and the party cannot disown them altogether,” Sudhakaran told reporters at KPCC headquarters.
The Congress state president alleged that CPM leaders like Vijayan, Balakrishnan and Jayarjan have demonstrated how to make money and the youngsters were just following them. “CPM has run out of answers to Akash Thillenkeri’s threat that he would be forced to openly react against the party. I won’t find fault with these youngsters. They are only following their role models,” he said.
Reading out from the copy of a notice purportedly served by customs to Pinarayi, Sudhakaran said the CM held several rounds of talks with the UAE consul general, flouting norms and protocol. “Why should a chief minister hold a number of meetings with a consul general who got a punishment transfer to Kerala after facing smuggling charges while working in Vietnam? His former principal secretary M Sivasankar, in his voluntary statement to customs, had said that he arranged Vijayan’s meetings with the consul general when requested by Swapna Suresh, one of the prime accused in the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case. CM is liable to answer to the people,” he said.
CPM cries ‘conspiracy’
Meanwhile, CPM state secretariat has alleged conspiracy behind the allegations levelled against the party in connection with the Ramanattukara gold heist case.
“The party has repeatedly clarified that it has zero tolerance to those involved in crimes. Despite this, a campaign is run against the party, with the support of a section of the media. This is part of a conspiracy with mal-intent,” said a CPM state secretariat statement on Wednesday.
CPM has earned the trust of people for its uncompromised battle against all wrong tendencies in the society, it said. “The attempt now is to wreck this societal base of the party. CPM never took a position that helped criminal activities. CPM always tries to correct itself,” the statement said.
People have already rejected the accusations against CPM and the government in connection with the gold smuggling case. The secretariat accused media for turning a blind eye on BJP leaders’ role in the Kodakara hawala money heist case and allegations against Congress leaders. The practice of projecting audio clippings and social media posts as authentic documents against CPM is condemnable, the secretariat said.