A meeting of the Communist Party of India (CPI) district council held here on Monday decided to give party membership to CPI(M) rebels from Kuttanad.
Earlier, the CPI Kuttanad Mandalam Committee had approved 222 membership applications submitted by the CPI (M) dissidents from Ramankary, Muttar, Thalavady, Kavalam and Veliyanad. The district council ratified the decision.
Those who left CPI (M) include people’s representatives and area, local and branch committee members. Six of the nine CPI (M) members in Ramankary grama panchayat, including the local body president R. Rajendrakumar, and other elected representatives who won on CPI(M) tickets will officially join the CPI after seeking legal opinion. With this, the CPI (M) is likely to lose power in Ramankary panchayat.