IDUKKI: Former minister and CPM leader from Idukki MM Mani, is back again courting controversy with his unflinching rhetoric. This time the CPM honcho ridiculed the Idukki collector and sub-collector in the most demeaning manner. Mr. Mani called the collector a “lady jewel” while he went below the belt in deriding the sub-collector as a North Indian.

The verbal monologue didn’t stop with the two, as the CPM leader went ahead criticizing the IAS association. “ Some IAS ‘overlords’ complained about me. These are daily mundane things and nothing matters to me” warned Mani.

The land revenue mismatches are a ubiquitous struggle surrounding Idukki. The warning and jibe against the IAS officers came when the leader was inaugurating a march in front of the RDO office in Idukki.