The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is trying in vain to come to power with the help of liquor barons, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V.M. Sudheeran has said.

He was inaugurating an election convention of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Ranni on Thursday afternoon.

Murder politics

The CPI(M) State leadership was more keen to follow the directions of the liquor barons than that of party general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Mr. Sudheeran said.

He said that both the CPI(M) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) always stood for murder politics and the voters of Kerala were wise enough to understand their political machinations.

P.J. Kurien, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha; Anto Antony, MP; P. Mohanraj, District Congress Committee president; Victor T. Thomas, United Democratic Front district chairman; Varghese George, Janata Dal(S) general secretary; K.E.Abdul Rahman, Indian Union Muslim League district president; K. Jayavarma, DCC vice president; and Mariyamma Cherian, Congress candidate for the ensuing Assembly polls in Ranni; also spoke.