THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Former BJP state secretary and Minority Morcha national office bearer AK Nazeer has joined CPM. He was received at the AKG center by CPM State Secretary MV Govindan. He was a BJP member for 30 years.

AK Nazeer said that BJP is not working well with minorities including Muslims and this is the reason for leaving the party. There was an allegation against MT Ramesh that Varkala SR and Cherpulassery Medical Colleges paid crores of bribes for getting recognition from the Medical Council of India. The allegation came out through the report of the commission of inquiry led by Nazeer when Kummanam Rajasekharan was the BJP president. AK Nazeer was suspended from the party after criticizing the state leadership over the incident.