Abdullakutty, who served as MLA of the Congress from Kasaragod, and also two-term MP of the CPI(M), was expelled from the Congress after his reply to the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee’s notice seeking his clarification on his praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was deemed not satisfactory. Mr. Abdullakutty, who had joined the Congress after he was expelled from the CPI(M) in 2009, had replied that he chose to stick to his observation in his Facebook post. In his response following his expulsion from the Congress, Mr. Abdullakutty said that he had not yet decided on his future course of action, though politics was the only field he was familiar with. He said that he had not praised Mr. Modi personally, he said, adding that he had not supported Mr. Modi on anything other than development. His post said that the secret of what made Mr. Modi popular is a ‘Gandhian principle’ that he (Mr. Modi) accurately carried out.

Source: The Hindu June 03, 2019 10:56 UTC