Yes, we kill party rebels: CPM leader
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Freudian slip from a district-level leader has embarrassed the CPM. The party's Idukki district secretary M M Mani's remark that the CPM would never hesitate to kill its political rivals has created ripples across the country.
" Yes, we have killed the enemies of the CPM. We have shot, stabbed and beaten them to death. A hit-list of party enemies was prepared and each of them was executed in that order," said Mani, a close confidant of CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday night.
On Sunday, the CPM went into a damage control mode. Pinarayi said Mani had violated the party policies by making such a statement. "It was wrong. He shouldn't have made such a statement. I had urged the leaders earlier to avoid public statements. I'm repeating again that the leaders should avoid making controversial statements in public," he said.
Pinarayi alleged that there was a calculated effort from various quarters to attack the party. Claiming that the CPM has itself often been at the receiving end of violence, he said, "The party has never encouraged political violence and we have not grown by political killings."
CPM leader V S Achuthandandan rubbished Mani's remarks, saying that the latter's revelations about three political murders committed by the CPM in Idukki in the 1980s were untrue. "I was the state committee secretary then and Mani was not even a district-level leader. Hence, I can say with authority that the CPM had not committed any such murders," VS said.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said the CPM was speaking the language of terrorists and Maoists. "When leader of a political party says that we murder our political rivals, it is dangerous to our democracy. Where is the NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)? We should raise our voice against such acts. Our workers keep giving their lives in Kerala," Modi said.
" Yes, we have killed the enemies of the CPM. We have shot, stabbed and beaten them to death. A hit-list of party enemies was prepared and each of them was executed in that order," said Mani, a close confidant of CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday night.
On Sunday, the CPM went into a damage control mode. Pinarayi said Mani had violated the party policies by making such a statement. "It was wrong. He shouldn't have made such a statement. I had urged the leaders earlier to avoid public statements. I'm repeating again that the leaders should avoid making controversial statements in public," he said.
Pinarayi alleged that there was a calculated effort from various quarters to attack the party. Claiming that the CPM has itself often been at the receiving end of violence, he said, "The party has never encouraged political violence and we have not grown by political killings."
CPM leader V S Achuthandandan rubbished Mani's remarks, saying that the latter's revelations about three political murders committed by the CPM in Idukki in the 1980s were untrue. "I was the state committee secretary then and Mani was not even a district-level leader. Hence, I can say with authority that the CPM had not committed any such murders," VS said.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said the CPM was speaking the language of terrorists and Maoists. "When leader of a political party says that we murder our political rivals, it is dangerous to our democracy. Where is the NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)? We should raise our voice against such acts. Our workers keep giving their lives in Kerala," Modi said.
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