Localised rebellions a wake up call for CPI (M)

The unprecedented challenge being faced by the State leadership of the CPI(M) following protests by party cadres and supporters against selection of candidates in different Assembly constituencies appears to have taken the shine off the party’s victory in the three-tier local body polls. With protests continuing unabated from far north in Manjeswaram to Kuttiyadi, from Ponnani to Tarur, from Kalamassery to Ambalappuzha, the party leadership apparently stands jolted out of its ideological comfort zone. The localised rebellion has compelled the area and district secretaries to come up with unconvincing explanation on parachuting candidates or outsiders in Assembly segments.