Kerala : P Jayarajan, CPI (M) state committee member and prominent leader from the Kannur District, has come out with severe allegations against EP Jayarajan, Left Democratic Front (LDF) Convener, and another senior CPI (M) leader from the same district . The allegation is about the financial irregularities EP has been carrying out in connection with the Ayurveda Resort allegedly run by his son at Morazha in Anthoor Municipality.
Reports suggest that P Jayarajan raised the issue in the state committee meeting of CPM held on December 24. And state secretary MV Govindan reportedly said the allegation is severe and the party would inquire if the complaint is given in writing. Govindan allegedly said that the party would take action against the guilty, whatever superior position he or they held.
The resort’s construction was controversial as its environmental impact was very much adverse. There were allegations that some top businessmen had joined hands with EP’s son for the construction of the resort. Ten acres of hills were levelled for constructing the resort and the hospital complex.
The resort and the hospital complex were constructed under the banner of Kannur Ayurvedic Medical Care Private Limited, and the total investment was Rs 30 crores. The construction was carried out under the control and supervision of Puthusserry Koroth Jeyson, EP’s son.
According to the media reports, the documents show that prominent industrialists Kalathilparayil Rameshkumar and Jeyson launched the company together. According to the Memorandum of Association of the Company, the former is the Managing Director and the latter the Chairman. Two thousand five hundred shares at Rs 1,000 each belong to Jeyson, costing Rs 25 lakhs.
Kadiri Group, a prominent business house in Kannur, is a director too. There are seven directors, including the central business people. Reports further state that EP’s wife also enjoys a prominent position in the company. P Jayarajan reportedly alleged that EP amassed a fortune using the camouflage of this resort.
Media reports of today, December 25, suggest that P Jayarajan said, “party cadres should compromise personal interests before the party interests. Those who deviate (from the party line) should correct themselves.”
Reports from Delhi state that CPM’s central leadership has taken the matter seriously. According to the CPM’s usual procedure, the Polit Bureau (PB), the highest leadership body of the party, has to deliberate the issues concerning central committee members. And EP is a prominent committee member.
After the state committee meeting, state secretary MV Govindan told Thiruvananthapuram that the party would not tolerate undesirable and anti-people moves from the CPM leaders. Observers believe that it is in the wake of the allegations levelled by P Jayarajan against EP. It is to be noted that EP appears to be keeping away from the routine party activities since Govindan took over as the secretary. The party leadership has pointed out health issues to face the media enquiries about EP’s absence from the day-to-day affairs and leadership meetings.
And, P Jayarajan has been side-lined from the mainstream party activities since the last Assembly elections held in 2021. He had to relinquish the position of the powerful Kannur district committee secretary when he fought the assembly election. MV Jayarajan, another top leader from the district, took over as district committee secretary when Jayarajan went to fight the election. He lost the election but did not get the party position. He gave up on fighting the election. MV Jayarajan continues in work. Political observers believe that it was a game plan of Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister and party supremo, to demoralise P Jayarajan diplomatically.
Pinarayi and his close comrades were unhappy with P Jayarajan, thanks to his alleged attempts to create a personality cult in the Kannur district in favour of him. Those days, banners had appeared in the section depicting him as a chariot driving Sri Krishna. It was beyond the tolerance level of Pinarayi, the tallest CPM leader from the Kannur district. EP and MV Jayarajan are Pinarayi’s blue-eyed boys from the Kannur District.
There are reports that those mentioned above are the tips of the iceberg, the power struggle within the party after the recent death of the state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. This power struggle’s ultimate goal is to control the party (and the government) post-2026 elections. Party believes that it will come to power in 2026. Pinarayi is already 77 and visits the US to undergo treatment twice yearly, clearly indicating his not-so-good health. In 2026, he will cross 80. Even though Govindan was Pinarayi’s nominee as the state secretary, now, it looks like ‘equations’ are changing. Now, the observers eagerly watch if P Jayarajan is forwarding his complaints in writing to the state secretary.
