THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPM leadership expressed dissatisfaction on the leaking of the criticisms levelled against Minister Mohammed Riyas. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan expressed dissatisfaction at the meeting held at the AKG Centre. Kodiyeri warned that leaking the discussions of the meeting attended only by party MLAs, to the media is not the manner of the organization and that such things should not be repeated.
The MLAs criticized Riyaz for his statement that the MLAs should not come to him with the contractors. However, the chief minister and party acting secretary A Vijayaraghavan announced their support to Riyas saying it was the party's stand.