Former CPI(M) legislator KC Rajagopalan on Monday launched a scathing attack on the local party leadership in Pathanamthitta following the party’s defeat in Mezhuveli grama panchayat and the erosion of its majority in ward 8.
Mr Rajagopalan said he would lodge a formal complaint with the party leadership against the Kozhencherry area secretary for alleged organizational flaws and a leadership style he said favored pleasing senior committees over maintaining grassroots connections.
He said he expected to win the local body’s 8th ward by a comfortable margin, but claimed several factors were working against him, including outside interference. Referring to the district conference held on December 30, 2024, Mr. Rajagopalan said he was removed from the district committee and alleged that party workers close to the local secretary organized the celebrations on the occasion as well as after the LDF lost power in Mezhuveli.
“The party itself pulled the rug from under my feet,” he claimed, adding that there had been interventions from higher levels of management as well. Mr. Rajagopalan said he was suspicious of the area secretary’s role in the development and questioned his competence.
He further argued that the prevailing organizational culture in the party was one of appeasing the leaders rather than engaging with the grassroots. He said he would raise all these issues in a written complaint, appoint a regional secretary and submit it to the party leadership.
Published – 15 Dec 2025 21:02 IST
