The Communist Party of India (CPI) has expelled its functionary Mathur Sathya following mounting public outrage and his arrest in connection with sexual harassment allegations, in what is seen as a move to contain reputational damage and maintain its public image.
Mathur Sathya was arrested from Bengaluru on March 19 in connection with the allegations, and police officials stated that he is being brought to Chennai for further inquiry.
The CPI confirmed that Sathya has been removed from its primary membership and all associated organisations, including its affiliated bodies such as the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and the Indian Society for Cultural Cooperation and Friendship (ISCUF). The decision was taken after the party’s district committee reviewed the allegations at a meeting held on March 14, shortly after the complaints surfaced.
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A police complaint was subsequently filed with the Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner on behalf of the women who accused him.
Mathur Sathya, a native of Salem, was involved in CPI-linked platforms and commentary on social justice, caste, and public policy issues.
He claimed to be a journalist and was actively associated with PEN (spreading canards against BJP, Hindutva and AIADMK parties, supporting all actions of DMK. It is alleged that he is being funded by the son-in-law of the CM and has a large number of journalists on its payroll to help it set narratives).
Leaving his job in 2019, he became associated with the Neelam Social platform founded by filmmaker Pa Ranjith, where he produced videos on caste, inequality, and politics.
Mathur Sathya was also involved in study circles and discussions centred on the ideas of BR Ambedkar, Periyar and Karl Marx, and participated in protests and initiatives related to social justice. He is known for making allegations against individuals and Hindu institutions, towards which he has a strong aversion.
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CPI propped him up as an intellectual, a commentator, championing social justice and working against Hindutva forces, and considered him a voice marginalised.
Social media activist Saravaparasad Balasubramaniam, in a post on X, says: “Mathur Sathya developed relationships with a lot of women and, without their knowledge or under force, sexually exploited, assaulted, and harassed them, besides recording every one of his acts on video only to threaten the gullible and hapless victims, mostly party cadres. The victims said their intimate conversations and relationships are being recorded on video for proud recollection and memorable purposes. It is foolish for them to allow a man to take videos with an unmarried woman. He shared the videos with other women to entice them sexually and to prove his virility and potency in sleeping with women. It is shocking.”
Balasubramaniam said: “Mathur Sathya has formed the Academy for Marxist Studies platform, known as Anil Marxist Sangam, to interact on political and current affairs and brought girls and women into its members and functionaries. It was only a trap for sexual exploitation. What he did was not confined to the four walls of a bedroom. He has destroyed young women. It is a criminal offence.”
Mathur Sathya started, along with three of his comrades, a closed circle in late 2020 for Marxist discussions and gradually transformed it into a public study circle by March 2021, days before the Assembly elections and DMK capturing power.
மதுர் சத்யா பாலியல் விவகாரம் அடுத்த பரிமாணத்தை எட்டியிருக்கிறது. பல பெண்களோடு அவர்களின் அனுமதியின்றி அத்துமீறியோ, abuse செய்தோ இருந்திருக்கிறான் என்றே நினைத்தோம். ஆனால் இவன் செய்திருப்பது மிகக் குரூரமான systematic abuse.
பெண்களோடு இவன் உறவு வைப்பதை வீடியோ எடுத்திருக்கிறான். அது… pic.twitter.com/JANgkz6D58
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Balasubramaniam quoted a media outlet, ‘The News Minute’, which carried a profile of Sathya describing him as a social activist. Now they are reporting his arrest and the subsequent events.
