'From selling peanuts in Swaraj round to crorepati'; DYFI district secretary's audio bomb shakes CPM

THRISSUR: The audio message of DYFI Thrissur District Secretary Sarath Prasad about prominent leaders of the CPM caused a tremor inside the party. Sarath’s conversation with one of his friends that happened almost five years back was surreptitiously recorded by another person during that time. CPM faced embarrassment after Sarath admitted it was his audio, but the youngster later had to eat his words after facing the wrath of the party leadership.

Titbits from audio call:

• Leaders change their financial level after a certain stage. M.K.Kannan, who traded in peanuts around the Swaraj round, now has assets worth crores.
• A.C.Moideen is in a different league. He deals only with high-ranking elites. Corporation councillors Anoop Davis Cada and Varghese Kandamkulathy are also in this big business league.
• If an area secretary can earn 10,000 per month, a district committee member can earn 75,000. For a state committee member, it is up to one lakh.

The conversation came to light after the demotion of DYFI district committee member Nibin Sreenivasan from the area committee to the local committee at the last meeting, after Nibin revealed that corruption worth crores was committed in seven cooperative societies under the Mannuthy CPM area committee. The conversation came to light amidst allegations that Sarath was behind Nibin's expulsion.

In a recent post, Sarath wrote on Facebook to clarify the issue and said that he considers senior leaders of his party as his gurus and would never say anything demeaning about them.