THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a segue of events, CPM expelled Nikhil Thomas from the party following their earlier same decision with K Vidya. The Alappuzha district committee earlier beseeched the CPM leadership to oust the two from the party with immediate effect. The CPM state secretary reported the issue during the state secretariat held today.

Earlier on Wednesday, Kerala University syndicate member and CPM Alappuzha district secretariat member K H Babujan was asked to give an explanation of the incident to the party secretary. The party also sought an explanation from SFI state secretary P M Arsho.

In the state secretariat held today, SFI was the meat of the discussion. M V Govindan warned the SFI leadership to adopt resilience. He said many such attacks will be directed against the organization for being the popular name among students in Kerala. The CPM leader asked the leadership to thwart all such attempts and move forward in an effective manner.

SFI and CPM were equally on the defensive after it was found that Nikhil had produced a fake degree certificate in the name of Kalinga University to get admission to MCom in MSM College, Kayamkulam. It is reported that Nikhil's friend had given a statement that Nikhil had received the help of a former SFI leader to make a fake certificate.