Feeble communist leader G. Sudhakaran paying tributes to his brother’s memorial on Wednesday.
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After his emphatic victory in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, feeble communist leader G. Sudhakaran has ruled out the probability of becoming a member of the Congress or forming a broader alliance of CPI(M) rebels.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Sudhakaran, who contested and obtained as an Just with UDF reinforce after ending his six-decade affiliation with the CPI(M), in Ambalappuzha constituency in Alappuzha, mentioned he would proceed as an “Just”.
“My space is fully numerous from others. I’m no longer exploring any broader platform or planning to hitch any political occasion. I will live an self reliant MLA. This enables me to grab points freely and intervene in issues that profit society, with out being go by occasion ideologies,” he mentioned, whereas expressing gratitude to the Congress for its reinforce.
On Cabinet berth
On whether he would accept a Cabinet berth in a UDF govt, Mr. Sudhakaran mentioned the quiz turned into untimely.
“That downside has no longer arisen. I indubitably haven’t thought about it and can even no longer acknowledge to a hypothetical inform of affairs. I will take be conscious of it when it arises,” he mentioned.
Fight in opposition to ‘political criminals’
Mr. Sudhakaran attributed his victory in Ambalappuzha in opposition to CPI(M) incumbent H. Salam to his fight in opposition to “political criminals” at some level of the CPI(M). “I turned into combating in opposition to the criminalisation of politics. A brand new breed of politicians sprang up in Alappuzha and some parts of the Speak, whom I known as political criminals. I fought in opposition to them, and of us cherished it. Other folks if truth be told hated them,” he mentioned.
On the CPI(M)’s electoral setback, he attributed it partly to anti-incumbency nevertheless mentioned “deeper points” were at play. Per him, the occasion’s Speak and district leadership had deviated from its core ideological course, weakening its reference to the of us. He moreover criticised what he described as “the promotion of particular person-centric politics” and the diminishing public reference to early leaders akin to E.M.S. Namboodiripad, A. K. Gopalan and P. Krishna Pillai.
“Birthday party identical outdated secretary M.A. Toddler says he’s going to stare the points deeply. But he may maybe peaceable already know what’s going on in the occasion. Some leaders are acting in opposition to occasion norms and ideology. Maybe he is unable to intervene. For my fragment, he is a lawful communist, nevertheless the reality is that he can no longer end worthy,” Mr. Sudhakaran mentioned.
He warned that the occasion may maybe both “weaken extra or step by step fade” unless corrective steps were taken. “If the leadership wants to assign the occasion, it must act decisively from interior and rob away these accountable for its decline, regardless of their space,” he mentioned.
Mr. Sudhakaran mentioned the CPI(M) had “drifted a ways flung from its normal social reason” and turned into no longer dedicated to the causes, including the interests of workers and peasants, it once championed. He maintained that his criticism turned into directed at decided leaders and no longer at the occasion and its core ideology.
Referring to ‘chettatharam’ (judicious a derogatory length of time in Malayalam) remarks made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in opposition to him, Mr. Sudhakaran mentioned the larger divulge turned into the absence of a decided corrective course at some level of the occasion.
He added that the following know-how of leaders risked being misled, which may maybe extra undermine the occasion’s future prospects.
Published – Could well possibly 06, 2026 10:34 am IST
