K K Sreejith was not sacked, says CPM

Kozhikode: The CPM leadership has denied the reports that  K.K. Sreejith, Jishnu Pranoy’s uncle, was sacked from the party.   “Sreejith has not been sacked. The scrutiny of party membership applications and the renewal of existing membership are  under process. It should be forwarded from the local level to the area  and then to the district committee,” said  CPM Nadapuram area committee secretary T.P. Chathu.

Valayam Vannarkandy branch secretary Sreejith Kandoth too stated  the same. It was reported earlier that Sreejith was expelled as he had led the strike before the DGP office in Thiruvananthapuram defaming the government and the party. Sreejith has been  the CPM member of Vannarkandy branch for long. “Talks are going on at branch level on the issue. But no action has been taken.  There is a set of rules to be followed  before sacking a member. That will take time and the news being circulated  is false,”  said  Mr Chathu. But party insiders say that  action against Sreejith  is  only a matter of time.
 

Meanwhile, Sreejith   resigned as marketing executive in the CPM mouthpiece ‘Deshabhimani’ on Tuesday. In his resignation letter, he said  that there was a concerted campaign  connecting him and Deshabhimani.  It would defame the daily and the party and hence he was quitting the post.   Sreejith was the former stringer of Deshabhimani at Nadapuram and Vadakara.  His father Kumaran, a CPM worker, who  was hacked allegedly by RSS workers some years ago,  is bed-ridden.