The targeted killings in Palakkad have apparently become a matter of grave concern for the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front, which is celebrating its first anniversary in Kerala
The twin murders of P. Subair, an activist of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), and S.K. Srinivasan, a former functionary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in less than 24 hours came at an inopportune time, close on the heels of the success of the five-day party congress of the CPI(M) in Kannur.
The Palakkad murders glaringly stuck to the similar pattern of the Alappuzha killings of SDPI State secretary K.S. Shan and BJP OBC Morcha State secretary Ranjith Sreenivas in December. The trigger for the murder of Shan was said to be the killing of RSS worker Nandu Krishna in February 2021, while the murder of Subair seemed like retaliation for the murder of RSS activist S. Sanjith in November.
