The Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) floated by the slain communist leader T P Chandrasekharan will soon have a unit in the district also, going by the indications available from the sympathisers of the RMP here.
Although there are many among the rank and file of the CPM ready to express solidarity with the newly formed communist party, hardly any one from the CPM citadel here has shown the courage to defy the party leadership and declare open support to the RMP. Some of the party members had refused to renew their membership in the Anjarakkandy region in protest against the recent developments in the party, but the CPM leadership had steadfastly denied it. A public meeting in memory of the late RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan is scheduled to take place at the Municipal Stadium complex here on May 7, and a final decision on the formation of the district unit of the RMP will be finalised after the meeting, according to the organisers of the programme. K K Rema, wife of T P Chandrasekharan and various social activists and political leaders are scheduled to address the public meeting.
Although the RMP leadership had made their intention to expand the activities of he party to all the districts in the state and co-ordinate its functioning at the national level with all like-minded communist groups, lack of organisational resources had turned out to be its biggest handicap. Meanwhile, the CPM leaders here have been watching the move to form a district unit of the RMP here with a studied silence.
None of them were ready to make any comments on the issue. Said a senior leader of the CPM, “most of the witnesses produced by the police in the T P Chandrasekharan murder case had recanted their early statements, and this would definitely have an impact on the course of the trial and the ultimate legal outcome would create a different political scenario”.
The T P Chandrasekharan memorial meet scheduled to be held on May 7 here will be crucial as it is likely to be followed by the formation of the district unit of the RMP in the most politically sensitive region of the state.
