ALAPPUZHA: Mass resignation in Kuttanad CPM due to factionalism within the party. More resignations came from Pulinkunnoo and Ramankari areas, which are the party's strongholds. All the members of Pulinkunnoo Local Committee submitted their resignations. The resignation was due to a dispute related to area committee leadership.

A local committee secretary and an area committee member are among those who tendered their resignations. 280 people left the party from different parts of Kuttanad within a month. An emergency area committee meeting will be held tomorrow in the presence of Minister Saji Cherian. Those who have resigned say that the new leadership is taking the approach of ousting the old leaders. The resigned members allege that new members are given more consideration in the party.

There have been some issues within the CPM in Kuttanad for the last one week. But yesterday, a criticism was raised in the CPM district secretariat that the district leadership of CPM did not intervene in the matter at that time. It was then decided to hold a reconciliation meeting tomorrow.