CPM infighting spills on to street; Murali attacked

The group war in the CPI(M) in Palakkad district spilled on to the street on Saturday with an attack on Shoranur Municipal Council vice-chairman MR Murali, who was expelled from the party on Saturday at Kulappully, off Shoranur.

On Friday, Murali had accused the district leadership, loyal to reformist faction leader Pinarayi Vijayan, of relying on “quotation teams” (hired hoodlums) to implement its agenda. Asked whether the attackers were CPI(M) men, a close associate of Murali asked, “Who else?” CPI(M) district secretary P Unni had said that the party would face the convention, which was being held by the “enemies of people”, through the methods of the people.

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