KOLLAM: CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the murders in Periya was not with the knowledge of the party. The official stand of the party is that such incidents should not happen. Whoever works against the party norms will not be encouraged at all? Such people will not get a post in the party and will not protect them, he said.

The party activists should not take part in any violence. If the activists don’t accept this, they will not be in the party and will not get any help from the party. What happened in Kasargod is a violation of Thrissur state meet. That is why the person involved in the crime has been suspended from the party. Kodiyeri’s statement indirectly agrees to the role of the activists.

The party don’t agree with murder politics. The party lost the most number of activists as part of murder politics. Almost 700 CPM activists have lost their lives. Out of the 700, 236 were murdered by the RSS and the rest by the congress, alleged Kodiyeri.