KOLLAM: The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) on Saturday accused the CPM of making attempts to engineer a split in the party and stated that it was ready to face any challenge to stay united.
CPM politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan’s remarks that the RSP was perishing gradually due to its association with the Congress was a sign of CPM’s frustration, RSP leader N K Premachandran MP told reporters at the Kollam Press Club here.
“This is part of CPM’s policy to create a split in the RSP by alluring party leaders with various offers. Formed around 70 years ago, the RSP had survived bigger challenges and threats raised by the undivided CPI in the late 1950s,” Premachandran said.
He said that the RSP had committed a big mistake by associating with the CPM for such a long period. “This association had cost the party its identity since 1980. Wisdom prevailed over the party when it decided to join the UDF. The party could have become equally powerful as CPM if it had listened to the suggestions by one of its founders and veteran RSP leader V P Ramakrishna Pillai, who used to constantly plead to sever ties with CPM,” he said.
JD(U) Caught in Hamletian dilemma
Kozhikode: Confusion prevailed in the JD(U) leadership camp on Saturday as the Kozhikode district committee meeting chaired by party state president M P Veerendrakumar could not come to conclusion whether to continue in the UDF or ally with the LDF in the coming Assembly polls. The outcome of the district committee meeting was seriously looked upon by the party members as it could seriously influence the state council meeting scheduled to be held in the next couple of days. It is learnt that the district committee meeting witnessed heated arguments between the party leaders who wanted the JDU to continue with the UDF and the leaders who wanted the party to join the LDF. Both JDU Kozhikode district president Manayath Chandran and sitting JDU MLA and Minister K P Mohanan batted for continuing in the UDF. Party sources said that Veerendrakumar did not express his opinion though it is understood that he favoured JDU to ally with the LDF for the polls.