Sandeep a victim of CPI(M) infighting: BJP
The Hindu
Surendran says Chief Minister has not blamed RSS for the crime
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president K. Surendran said infighting in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had culminated in the murder of CPI(M) Peringara local committee secretary P.B. Sandeep Kumar in Thiruvalla.
Mr. Surendran, who sought to distance the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from the crime, said the ongoing regional conferences ahead of the CPI(M) State conference next year had exacerbated the factional fighting for organisational control in the ruling party.
The CPI(M) had attempted to scapegoat the RSS to save its face and stave off public outrage. It felt compelled to protect the veneer of inner-party unity as the CPI(M) headed toward its national congress.