THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM General Secretary M.A. Baby has rejected MV Govindan's stand that it was the party that barred PK Sreemathy from participating in the state secretariat. M.A. Baby said that PK Sreemathy will participate in the state secretariat when necessary. MA Baby clarified that PK Sreemathy has not been barred and that PK Sreemathy will participate in all meetings decided organizationally.
State Secretary MV Govindan had responded that the removal of PK Sreemathy from the CPM state secretariat was an organizational decision of the party. 'It is not the Chief Minister who should take a decision regarding participation in party committees. PK Sreemathy was a member of the CPM state committee and state secretariat. However, she was removed from the state committee and secretariat as she had crossed the age of 75. It cannot be said that she retired. She is working as the All India President of the Mahila Association. She was included in the Central Committee with special consideration as a woman working at the all-India level. A person is taken to the Central Committee not to participate in the organization work of Kerala, but to work at the all-India level," Govindan said.