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First CPI(M) Workers Killed Him With 51 Stabs, Then Smashed His Memorial Not Once, But 5 Times

First CPI(M) Workers Killed Him With 51 Stabs, Then Smashed His Memorial Not Once, But 5 Times
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In the politically volatile Vallikadu village in Kerala바카라s Kozhikode, a memorial is under police watch 24X7 fearing another attack by CPI(M) workers.

On the night of May 4, 2012, CPI(M) workers killed TP Chandrasekharan with 51 stabs.  He was once a CPI(M) leader who later rebelled and broke away, and founded a new party called Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP).

In the last six years after Chandrasekharan바카라s murder, RMP workers built his memorial five times at the roadside in Vallikadu where he was felled.  Each time they build it, CPI(M) workers smash it down.

The slain CPI(M) rebel바카라s memorial has been under police protection since then after being constantly attacked by local CPI(M) members. Some CPI(M) workers were arrested.

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The memorial, which is under the watch for CPI(M) vandals, brings to spotlight the Left party, which cried foul over Lenin바카라s statue being bulldozed in Tripura by the BJP workers just after election victory.

Dilip Simeon, a labour historian, in an Outlook article had questioned the Left바카라s conscience subjugated by ideology.

바카라Would they ecognise the serious problems in the communist attitude to justice and the freedom of thought, or would they produce doctrinal justifications coupled with character assassination of the victims?바카라

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Recently, CPI(M) workers had attacked houses of RMP workers and unleashed cyber attacks and abuse against Chandrasekharan바카라s wife K.K Rama, who is now leading the party forward.

Speaking to Outlook, Rama said Chandrasekharan바카라s memorial could be the only memorial in the country that is being kept under constant police watch.

바카라It바카라s not just about his memorial. They even attack the houses where T.P바카라s photographs are kept. They don바카라t even spare the women of such houses,바카라 she said.

On the current attacks on Communist symbols in Tripura, Rama said the BJP in Tripura and the CPI(M) in Kerala are the two sides of the same coin. 바카라They attack their opponents where they are in power,바카라 she said.

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