THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It’s official. After an eight-year-long camaraderie, the CPM has finally severed all ties with its independent MLA P V Anvar. A day after Anvar’s blistering attack against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, CPM state chief M V Govindan on Friday came down heavily on the Nilambur MLA, alleging that he has become an axe in the hands of right wing forces.
Earlier in the day, Pinarayi too dismissed Anvar’s allegations, terming them part of an attempt to tarnish the CPM and the Left government. Indirectly indicating that Anvar has been moving close to anti-Left forces, Pinarayi said his suspicions about the MLA’s true intentions have now been confirmed.
“The relationship between Anvar and the CPM has ended. The party has called upon its members and supporters to come out to defend the misinformation campaign against the LDF government and the CPM,” Govindan told reporters during a press conference in New Delhi on Friday.
The CPM leadership decided to give a fitting reply to Anvar after the latter declared an all-out war against its top most leader - Pinarayi Vijayan. Taking a cue from the party chief, an array of CPM leaders, including several central committee members, also came out targeting Anvar.
Giving a clean chit to Pinarayi and his political secretary P Sasi, Govindan alleged that Anvar has become an axe in the hands of the right wing. He also dismissed Anvar’s allegation that Pinarayi is the sole leader taking decisions in the CPM.
“Pinarayi is one of the top leaders of the party and a member of the politburo. One individual is not the party. It is a collective leadership and consists of lakhs of people. Hence, Anvar cannot destroy the CPM,” he said.
Reiterating Anvar’s Congress legacy, Govindan said even after becoming an MLA twice, Anvar has not become a part of the Leftist movement, its mass and class organisations.
“He is not a member of the CPM. I personally contacted Anvar and fixed a meeting on October 3. However, he breached all limits and backed out from his earlier decision not to meet the media. His statements are beyond the limit of any individual who keeps discipline in public life. Three PB members including the CM, A Vijayaraghavan and I had assured him that his petition, though he is not a CPM member, would be considered,” he said. Govindan said the chief minister had constituted a high-level investigation team led by DGP to look into the allegations raised by Anvar in his petition.
Pinarayi dismisses Anvar’s allegations
“Former Malappuram SP Sujith Das was suspended on the basis of the DGP’s report. Major transfer of police officers in Malappuram district was also effected,” Govindan said.
“Anvar gave only a copy of the petition he had submitted to the CM and there was no mention of P Sasi in it. However, the party secretariat discussed it. When he submitted another letter to the party raising allegations against Sasi, the secretariat discussed that too. However, unlike the government-level probe, the party enquiry cannot be released publicly,” he added.
Govindan also dismissed Anvar’s allegation that CPM leaders have tie-ups with the RSS. “None believes in that campaign. As many as 218 CPM workers were killed by the RSS. The Congress-League-BJP nexus is intact in the state.
Islamic fundamentalists are accusing the CPM of taking soft stand towards Hindutva while the RSS is campaigning that the party is appeasing the minority. Anvar has solved an issue that prevents him from going back to the Congress fold by reinforcing his past relation with Rajiv Gandhi.”
Earlier, responding to the media in Delhi, Pinarayi dismissed Anvar’s allegations as an attempt to tarnish the government. “However, this will not in any way affect the high-level probe, which will continue neutrally,” he said.
Pinarayi said when Anvar raised some allegations for the first time, there were suspicions about his true intentions. “However, we did not go into that aspect. We initiated action to inquire into the allegations he raised as an MLA, by appointing the best investigative team. However, he expressed his displeasure about the inquiry at Thursday’s press meet. Now, the matter has reached a stage that we suspected. Anvar has raised allegations against the LDF, the government and the CPM. He has also said things that would become a weapon in the hands of LDF’s enemies,” the CM said.
“Anvar has also explained his real intention by saying that he will not attend the LDF’s parliamentary party meeting. Also, he has made clear that he will not join with the LDF. I will give my reply to his allegations in detail later,” Pinarayi added.
