The Communist Party of India (Marxist) yesterday criticised former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan for walking out of a party meeting in the state.
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said the 91-year-old Achuthanandan did a wrong with his protest walkout from the 21st state party conference at Alappuzha last month.
Addressing reporters after a two-day meeting in New Delhi, Karat said the party took up Achuthanandan’s letter written to them on March 6.
“Some of the points he raised were discussed and settled. Other issues were discussed at the state conference. Whatever his reasons, there is no justification in walking out of the state conference,” he said.
Karat said the party’s Politburo Commission would look into the issues.
Achuthanandan’s walkout happened after a resolution of the party accused him of having an “anti-party attitude”. He then came under flak from speaker after speaker for breaching party discipline.
Yesterday, a peeved Achuthanandan got angry in New Delhi when journalists repeatedly sought his opinion on what happened in the party meeting.
“Karat has told you what happened and I have already told you in clear Malayalam that I will respond tomorrow. Don’t you understand it?” he said curtly.