The differences between two factions of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala came out in the open again Wednesday when Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said there should be no relation with the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) led by Abdul Nazir Maudany.
Maudany-led PDP was roped into supporting the CPI-M by the party's state general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan before the general elections in April-May.
"Even the relationship that was there in the past with PDP should not have taken place," Achuthanandan said.
Maudany has been under a cloud after his wife was named as the 10th accused in a bus burning case in 2005. Maudany and his wife have also been linked to the arrested south India chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) T. Nazeer.
Vijayan and Achuthanandan have been at loggerheads ever since the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front came to power in the state in 2006.
Asked why Vijayan is speaking differently on this aspect, Achuthanandan said: "Did you not ask for my opinion... and I have clearly said it."