P K Sasi lashes out at CPM; says we are not rebels, we are revolutionaries

PALAKKAD: Former CPM district secretariat member and CITU district president P K Sasi lashed out at the party in the rebel convention. He pointed the mistakes of leaders from the grassroots to the district committee members. Sasi addressed Palakkad district secretary E N Suresh Babu as a spirit merchant. He was speaking after inaugurating the convention.

His words
'Many including former area secretaries of the CPM are participating in this convention. We see the face of a team capable of leading the Communist Party with dedication. This is not a convention of rebels, but a convention of revolutionary communists. We did not come here willingly. The situation in Palakkad district forced us to do this.

The atrocities shown by some leaders in Palakkad in the name of party administration can never be justified. I do not want to explain any of that corruption. As V D Satheesan said, the party secretary is being decided in a drinking session.

A person holding a responsible post in the party is the first accused in the spirit case. Many who took a stand against this were expelled from the party and suspended. This convention is a manifestation of their anger. There are many comrades who have even been dismissed from their jobs on this stage. A spirit seller is now sitting in the chair where popular leaders used to sit.