Anvar goes all out against CPI(M) leadership, reiterates charges at Nilambur rally

P.V. Anvar criticizes CPI(M) leadership, accuses Chief Minister of betrayal, and highlights issues of lawlessness and communalism in Kerala.

P.V. Anvar, MLA of Nilambur, lashed out at the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] at a massive rally convened to explain his stand at Chandakunnu, Nilambur, on Sunday. “Nobody is anyone’s slave; you will not get any more slaves in Kerala,” he said, referring to the CPI(M).

Terming Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan a liar, Mr. Anvar said he had met Mr. Vijayan, who was a fatherly figure for him, for 37 minutes and not five minutes as claimed by the Chief Minister. “I sat with him for 37 minutes. My complaint had nine pages. He asked me everything and I told him everything I knew,” said Mr. Anvar, adding that Mr. Vijayan cheated him.

The Chief Minister had a halo around him which had brought the Left Democratic Front (LDF) back to power in 2021, he said. “I told Mr. Vijayan that that halo has vanished, and his graph has gone down to zero. People hate him now,” he said.

In an all-out attack on the CPI(M) leadership, Mr. Anvar asserted that he was not against the party and its cadre. He said the State had become a land of lawlessness and about one-fourth of the police force had been criminalised.

The role of ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar in the disappearance of Mami, a realtor in Kozhikode, should be investigated, he said. He said the Chief Minister ignored the solid pieces of evidence he had submitted to incriminate the ADGP. “I gave documented proof on Mr. Ajith Kumar’s illegal wealth amassment. Nothing happened. The RSS has done many things in the State using Mr. Ajith Kumar,” he said.

Reasserting the secular credentials of his family, Mr. Anvar said the State was plunging into a pathetic condition where people were being branded by their names. “Believing in a religion is not communalism, but hating and opposing others is,” he said. “They branded me communal just because I pray five times a day.”

When he stopped his speech for the Islamic prayer call break, he said that Muslim prayer call timings should be unified and community leaders should take the initiative for that. However, he added that all prayers should be banned from government functions.