The Kerala unit of the CPI(M), which has been struggling in the face of embarrassing disclosures over the past few weeks, found itself again on the defensive on Monday with television channels coming up with clippings of a local party leader’s speech at a public meeting at Onchiyam more than two years ago threatening to ‘behead’ Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T.P. Chandrashekaran, who was killed on May 4.
Tell-tale visuals
The visuals of the speech made by Onchiyam local committee secretary V.P. Gopalakrishnan was reportedly made on February 5, 2010, at a meeting organised by the CPI (M) in protest against the alleged attack on party workers in the Onchiyam region. In the clipping, Mr. Gopalakrishnan is heard threatening to behead Chandrashekaran if even some minor harm came to any CPI(M) worker in the area at the hands of Chandrashekaran’s followers.
The clipping has surfaced at the most inopportune moment because several party cadres and leaders are under the scanner of a Special Investigation Team following Chandrashekaran’s killing and another probe over the brutal killing of a young Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker in Kannur district earlier this year.
Another conspiracy
Separately, the police have also begun investigating the charge that a section of the CPI(M) leadership in Kozhikode and Kannur districts conspired to finish off the RMP leader two years ago. Two of those arrested in connection with the Chandrashekaran murder case were present at the 2010 meeting where the threat to behead Chandrashekaran was made.
“More evidence soon”
Kozhikode Rural Superintendent of Police T.K. Rajmohan told The Hindu that no case was registered in connection with the visuals aired on television on Monday. However, K.K. Rema, wife of the slain RMP leader, said the new evidence should go to prove that the CPI(M) leaders were involved in her husband’s killing. More such evidence would soon tumble out, she said.
Life is precious not only of a particular person.In Kerala T.P.Chandrasekharan is not the first political leader brutally murdered.While we are weeping for him we should not forget the agony of the mother and father of K.V.Sudheesh Kumar who was cut in to pieces in front of their eyes.Azheekodan Raghavan,Nalpady Vasu,5 innocent persons in Cheemeny, the list longs, all they faced the primeture end only being Communist.If anybody can suppress an ideology by annihilating its leaders will any Communist party in the world remain now.Killing is not a way to defeat an idea.If anyone adopt this way,they should placed before the Law.In the name of inquiry what is going on.Day by day we get the information of conspiracy and conspirators definitely not the murderers.Will the enquiry be turned like the peeling of onion
when T.P.chandrasekharan was brutally murdered,CPI(M) leadership had been telling that they did not have any role in the killing.Reports are pouring in that those arrested are active office bearers of the CPI(M). Then what other testimony is required to prove their role in this heinous crime.It is really shameful that a political party whose Government was in office several terms is sponsoring killing political opponents of diverge opinions.This indicate that the policy of end justifies means is being implemented.This is a wrong trend.The enlightened media and the citizens irrespective of age should come forward to arrest this malady so that the people of diverge opinions can live peacefully.We have heard of Maoist areas in Bihar and Chattisgarh.Now we are hearing of Party villages in Cannore and Kasarkode districts.Chandrasekharan's murder gave light to this ominous trends.Peace loving people should think about this tragedy and act jointly to end this menace recur again.
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