Former CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran, who won the Assembly election from Ambalappuzha as a UDF-backed Independent candidate, on Thursday slammed Left leaders in Kerala for targeting him over his late brother Bhuvaneswaran, who is considered a martyr by the party.
G Bhuvaneswaran, an SFI activist, was killed in campus violence at NSS College, Pandalam, in 1977.
Kerala elections: G. Sudhakaran dismisses talks of joining Congress, blames CPI(M)’s ‘ideological drift’ for its poll rout
Mr. Sudhakaran, after his election victory, had on Wednesday paid tribute at the martyr’s memorial at Charummoodu in Alappuzha district.
CPI(M) local leaders reacted against the move, alleging that Mr. Sudhakaran had "betrayed" his brother by contesting against the CPI(M) as a UDF-backed Independent candidate.
