CPI leaders Kanhaiya Kumar and Mohammed Mohsin MLA
CPI youth wing leader said, the Pattambi Assembly seat was left for “sale”, and six men had approached for the seat. And, Mohsin was the highest bidder!
It is too early to forget the “payment seat” controversy enveloped Dr Bennet Abraham, the CPI’s candidate in Tiruvananthapuram LS constituency in 2014. The controversy was kicked off by none other than CPI leaders. Party’s district secretary lost his position in the public washing of the dirty linen.
Now, the payment seat controversy against CPI’s MLA from Pattambi constituency has been launched by CPI leaders themselves. Leaders of AIYF, the youth wing of CPI, blame that Mohammed Mohsin does not have anything to do with the party; on the other hand, he was brought to the launch pad by Muslim radicals. He participated in JNU’s anti-national campaign led by Kanhaiya Kumar, is the only credit Mohsin claimed, says, E.K. Shaji, Palakkad district committee member of AIYF who had chaired the meeting held to select the candidate. He says, the seat was given to the extremist Muslim body. Shaji says, Pattambi seat was left for “sale” and not for CPI. Six men had approached for the seat. And, Mohsin was the highest bidder! Shaji says he had expressed his stiff opposition, towards this sort of deal, to the state and national leaders who attended the meeting. But, his objection was rejected.
CPI local leader V.P. Sajeesh told the media that MLA’s activities have been sans the participation of the party and party workers. Even though the local leaders had complained, in this regard, to the state and national leaders, they all fell on deaf ears. The complaints invited the wrath of the MLA and his coterie, and they brutally beat Shaji and others in the party’s Mandalam Committee office in 2017. The MLA himself led the attackers.
Shaji and Sajeesh said, they were physically attacked continuously for not supporting the MLA. Local Committee secretary Mukesh, AIYF leader Rahul, CPI district committee member R. Abhilash, senior leader Joseph Raj and E.K Shaji are the victims of the physical attacks by the MLA and his team. State leadership did not permit the victims to complain against the MLA hence, people of Kerala did not know about it.
Shaji and Sajeesh find mystery in the frequent foreign trips of Mohammed Mohsin MLA. He does not participate in the party programmes and goes abroad whenever he wished. There are suspicions surrounding MLA’s foreign trips without informing the party. These leaders suspect elements of anti-national activities behind these travels.
They allege, the MLA’s marriage to a UP bride was again without informing or inviting any comrade. They are ready to expose the MLA more if they get protection. The CPI leaders admitted that the anti-national attitude of the JNU’s ‘tukde tukde gang’ is a welcome situation.
