Kerala: Internal conflicts spell trouble in CPM

PALAKKAD/ALAPPUZHA: CPM is facing unprecedented dissension within its ranks amid its regional meetings, with disputes often coming out into the open. In Palakkad district, a dissident group has set up a ‘parallel office’ at Kozhinjampara, while an area committee member in Kayamkulam, Alappuzha, has joined the BJP. Furthermore, the CPM Karunagappally area committee was dissolved on Saturday following disruptions in local conferences and protests by the rebel faction members, who carried ‘Save CPM’ placards at the meetings. Meanwhile, in a highly publicised event in Thiruvananthapuram, CPM’s Kayamkulam area committee member and district panchayat member Bipin C Babu joined the BJP on Saturday. CPM lost its credentials, more people will leave party: Bipin While welcoming Bipin into the party, BJP state president K Surendran said more dissidents from the CPM will join the party soon.