Two days after Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala visited the houses of Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fazal, CPI(M) workers who have been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for suspected Maoist links, party Kozhikode district secretary P. Mohanan has said they are still members of the organisation. This apparently goes against the views of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and party State committee member P. Jayarajan who had claimed that the youths were indeed Left-wing extremists. Asked about the media reports that the two had been suspended from the party, Mr. Mohanan sais the media would be informed about such a development as and when it happened. ‘Will try to correct them’Mr. Mohanan said the party would try to correct them if they were found to have been influenced by Left-wing extremism. We are taking their concerns at face value,” Mr. Mohanan said.

Source: The Hindu January 23, 2020 18:22 UTC