The best friend could become the worst foe. And that is what happened in the case of V S Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan. Achuthanandan and Vijayan have had a strained relationship for long, but not so long. When there was revolt between Nayanar and Achuthanandan, Pinarayi was the lieutenant of the latter. However, when Pinarayi got an upper hand in the party with Kannur muscle men, Achuthanandan distanced Pinarayi.
Achuthanandan’s advantage is that he has led many campaigns on behalf of people. As Leader of the Opposition in the previous assembly, he had linked himself with fighting for the tribal right to land in the Wayanad hills, headed the campaign against converting agricultural land into housing plots, fought against atrocities on women and opposed the transfer of land for setting up techno-parks. He was against his own party’s ‘Vismaya fantsy park’. Vijayan’s specialty was his Lavalin deal, Faris- Santago Martin-Lis-Madani friend ship and the people viewed it subspecialty. .
The people of Kerala support Achuthanandan. The recent verdict in the Parliament election is not against Achuthanandan. It is against Pinarayi and his associates. The party general secretary Karat, if he does not lose chair after PB forethought on election debacle, will have to vie with these facts before taking any decision to solve Kerala CPM mess.
JW
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