Kannur, June 12 (IANS) The unprecedented defeat suffered by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in two of its traditional strongholds in Kannur district in the recent Kerala Assembly elections has triggered an open revolt against party’s District Secretary K.K. Ragesh, exposing deep fissures within the party’s most influential organisational unit. Often described as the CPI-M’s most powerful district unit and the nerve centre of Kerala Communism, Kannur has rarely witnessed such public …
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Kannur (Kerala), June 11 (IANS) The shock defeat suffered by the CPI-M in its traditional strongholds of Taliparamba and Payyannur in the Kerala Assembly polls has now opened a fresh internal battle within the party, with two former hardcore party leaders, now MLAs, launching a direct attack on the leadership of state Secretary M.V. Govindan and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Taliparamba MLA T.K. Govindan and Payyannur MLA V. Kunhikrishnan, once considered loyal soldiers of the CPI-M or…