THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Attempts of the CPM leadership to undermine the rule of law in the state is a dangerous trend, KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala has said. The State Government should take serious note of the consistent attempts to derail the T P Chandrasekharan murder case probe through threats. The moves to torpedo the probe should be viewed as promoting criminalisation of politics, he said. Ramesh told a news conference here that none including the CPM had any complaints about the probe team, especially ADGP Vincent M Paul, who is heading it. The only opposition raised was against the presence of Rural SP Rajmohan. “The CPM campaign against him is totally false and he has an impeccable service track record,” said Ramesh, quoting from a fact-finding TNIE report published recently. “The probe is moving on the right track,’’ he added. Deploring the stance of the CPM leadership that the party will become a flaming torch if the probe zeroed in on to the leaders, Ramesh said that such threats will not work. He flayed the stance of CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on the issue. “Karat dons the role of a leader in Delhi as one who is firmly opposed to criminalisation of politics. However, in Kannur he had changed his attire and justified the actions of the CPM, ” he alleged. The CPM intolerance to all forms of dissent and carrying out physical attacks against its opponents cannot be approved, he said. The CPM was obstructing the TP murder case probe by putting up resistance against even summoning suspects in the case. Ramesh defended the statement of Union Minister Mullapally Ramachandran on the TP murder case probe and asserted that Union Minister K V Thomas had not interfered in the probe as was being alleged. “Mullapally Ramachandran also represents the Vadakara parliamentary constituency and he has an added responsibility to instill confidence among his voters. I have spoken to K V Thomas and found that the allegation was totally false. I’ve checked it with the Chief Minister also. The probe team will not succumb to any pressure”, Ramesh said. Ramesh said the latest stand of V S Achuthanandan on issues concerning the CPM once again underscored that the factionalism was still strong in the CPM. On the correctness of the UDF using the murder of T P Chandrasekharan as a campaign issue in Neyyatinkara, Ramesh said that there is no need for it. He alleged that CPM men had tried to attack UDF candidate R Selvaraj twice on Sunday. ‘’We’ve written to the Election Commission on it. Attempts to malign the candidate through false propaganda has also been brought to the EC’s notice,’’he said.
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