KASARGOD: The gruesome murders of two youth congress activists-Kripesh and Sharath Lal, have pushed the CPM on the defensive. The party believes that the opponents could use the incident to mount a campaign against the LDF. The party is more in crisis after the family of A Peethambaran, CPM local committee member, who has been taken into custody, came to the fore. They revealed that he will not do anything without the instruction of the party.

Manju, wife of Peethambaran, said that he will not do anything without the instruction of the party. She came forward with the allegation that whatever he has done was as per the directives of the party. Manju and her daughter Devika harshly criticised the CPM at a time when the party reiterated that they don’t any role in the incident. Devika said the party ousted him eyeing Lok Sabha polls. They took such an action in order to protect the party’s face.