KOZHIKODE: After the statement of CPM Kozhikode district secretary P Mohanan that Muslim extreme outfits are offering help to Maoists, triggered a political storm in the state, he has come forward with an explanation. He said that he had not denounced the Muslim community and his reference was against the NDF and the Popular Front. These organizations have an influence on the Pantheerankavu incident. Why is Muslim League justifying the NDF? What I said is true and I just clarified the situation in Kozhikode. The Maoist links of Alan Suhaib and Thaha Fazal are under scrutiny, he said.

‘Everyone uses the word Islamic Extremism. I mentioned about the NDF and Popular Front and criticised them. Alan and Thaha were arrested for their Maoist links. All extreme organisations in Bengal including Maoists made a grand alliance. Their aim was topple the Bengal government and weaken the Left. It is a move to apply it in Kerala also, he said.

Muslim radical outfits were nurturing the growth of Maoists in Kerala, Mohanan said while delivering a speech at the valedictory session of the Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union (KSKTU) at Thamarassery. He said Muslim extremist outfits are offering help to Maoists and such forces are behind promoting the banned CPI (Maoist). The police should probe the relation that exists between them. All the controversies that erupt in Kozhikode point to this aspect, he said. The Muslim League had come forward against this.