T.p. Chandrasekheran

Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Thursday put his party, the Communist Party of India-Marxist, in a spot when he asked the state government to "react positively" and accept the demand of the wife of a former party leader who was brutally murdered near Kozhikode.

C.H. Ashokan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader, was on Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekheran in Kozhikode district in May.

A crucial five-day meeting of the CPI (M)'s Kerala leadership began in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday to discuss the internal issues affecting the party, including the flare-up in the feud between senior leader V S Achuthanandan and state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.

Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan on Thursday put his party, the Communist Party of India-Marxist, in a spot when he asked the state government to "react positively" and accept the demand of the wife of a former party leader who was brutally murdered near Kozhikode.

C.H. Ashokan, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader, was on Monday granted bail by the Kerala High Court in the murder of former party colleague T.P. Chandrasekheran in Kozhikode district in May.

A crucial five-day meeting of the CPI (M)'s Kerala leadership began in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday to discuss the internal issues affecting the party, including the flare-up in the feud between senior leader V S Achuthanandan and state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.