IDUKKI: CPM state secretariat member and MLA MM Mani has come up with a controversial statement that the Adivasis of Edamalakkudi are idiots without a sense of history. "Edamalakkudi was made Edamalakkudi by the LDF government. Now the BJP has won the panchayat elections. Let them do the development themselves," Mani said.

He was inaugurating the CPM area conference in Munnar. "The Pinarayi government, which is ruling the state under the leadership of the party, has carried out a number of public welfare activities. As part of this, the government implemented welfare activities worth crores of rupees in Edamalakkudi. Edamalakkudi was made Edamalakkudi by the LDF government. But the Adivasis of Edamalakkudi, who voted for BJP are fools without a sense of history", he said.