CPM sacks rebel panchayat president
The district committee proposed half term each for Mr Jenu and Mr Narayanan, which was not accepted
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-11-21 07:00 GMT
Alappuzha: The CPM Mannar area committee has sacked Mr E.N. Narayanan, who contested and won the election to the Thripperunthura panchayat president violating the party directive on Thursday. Local committee member Sadasivan Pillai and panchayat member D. Gopalakrishnan were also dismissed from the party.
Mr Saji Cheriyan, district secretary, said that they had acted against the party decision to make the CPI member the president. “We have moved the court against the election. The decision to sack the trio was taken by the area committee which was approved by the district committee,” he said.
In the 17-member panchayat, Mr Narayanan won with seven votes against four each secured by the UDF and the BJP candidates. Two members- the CPM’s Jenu Jacob and the lone CPI member- abstained from voting.
According to the local party leaders, the district unit had imposed a junior member, Jenu Jacob, for the post of president brushing aside the decision of the Thripperunthura and Chennithala local committees to nominate Mr Narayanan for the post.
Later, the district committee proposed half term each for Mr Jenu and Mr Narayanan, which was not accepted. On election day, it proposed fielding the lone CPI member, but none backed the idea. “The district secretary’s arrogance led to this situation,” the local leaders alleged.
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