THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI (M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has come to the fore justifying Pinarayi Vijayan’s ‘paranari’ remarks on N.K. Premachandran in the last Lok Sabha election. CPM never harassed anyone personally. “We can only call people with names they deserve”, Kodiyeri said. He was addressing a media gathering at Thiruvananthapuram.

Kodiyeri further said that IUML is a party that has fundamentalist stand. “Everybody knows that they made ties with SDPI and Jama-ath-Islami. INL is a secular party. CPM will join hands with DMK in Tamil Nadu”,Kodiyeri added.