By IANS
Thiruvananthapuram : The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday decided to revoke the suspension of Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and state unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan from the politburo, a move on expected lines that was welcomed here.
The two top leaders were suspended from the party’s decision-making body in May after they continued to trade personal charges despite warnings from the central leadership.
The decision to revoke the suspension was taken Monday at the party’s politburo meet in Kolkata.
M. Vijayakumar, Kerala law minister and senior CPI-M leader, told IANS: “Though it was an internal party affair, the revoking is certainly going to strengthen the party. The message of suspension was that the party will be tough. Today’s decision by the politburo is certainly going to bring a lot of cheer to the party.”
Political observers had expected the suspension would be revoked soon.
The primary reason for revocation is the organisational elections within the party in February next year. Ahead of that, the party has already launched grassroots-level meetings across Kerala.
Moreover, party insiders say the suspension would have provided ammunition to the opposition, Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), in case of snap general elections.