Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has rejected “insinuations” that he endorsed a “character assassination” campaign against Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader K.J. Shine.
Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday, Mr Satheesan alleged that the defamatory campaign against her could be an “insider job”, given the “intense factional feuding” in the CPI(M) in Ernakulam district.
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“I request the public to read between the lines of the CPI(M)‘s Vypeen MLA K.N. Unnikrishnan’s words so they can zero in on the real culprits”, he added.
Mr Satheesan said a YouTube channel, which “routinely denigrates him”, had broadcast the defamatory material. “It is true that some Congress members disseminated the libellous material broadcast by the YouTube channel, perhaps as a tit-for-tat for the attacks against party leaders. I have no role in such forwards”, he added.
