The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has chosen not to comment on the controversy surrounding the construction of a memorial building for two persons killed while making bombs in Kannur in 2015. The memorial for Shiju and Subish will be inaugurated on May 22 by CPI(M) State secretary M.V. Govindan.
Mr. Govindan, in an interaction with the media, deflected inquiries, suggesting that questions should be directed to the district leadership. District secretary M.V. Jayarajan, however, said he had nothing to say.
In 2015, the CPI(M)’s then State secretary had asserted that the party had no role in the bomb-making. The Kannur district leadership has a history of commemorating those who die in blasts by interring them on party grounds and observing memorial days.
