Saturday 04 July 2009: The CPM Polit Bureau on Saturday met here to find an end to the disunity in its Kerala unit with the two top State leaders — Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and State party Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan — sticking to their stand.

Achuthanandan and Vijayan are understood to have presented their case in the meeting at AKG Bhavan, the CPM headquarters, here on the first day. Sources said they have stuck to their position.

V S Achuthanandan has made demand before PB to remove Pinarayi Vijayan from the post of state secretary till his innocence is proved in court in Lavlin case. Strengthening his demand VS reiterated that the continuation of Pinarayi will pose major setback to the image of the party and he also said that PB had never discussed the matter with due importance.

On the contrary Pinarayi who said that Lavlin was politically motivated, accused that VS that was not ready to make modification in his statements even after repeated instructions from the party. Meanwhile Kodiyeri Balakrishnan who spoke after VS and Pinarayi stated about common things.

The two-day meeting is being attended by CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat, S. Ramachandran Pillai and Biman Bose, besides Achuthanandan and Pinarayi among others.

The extraordinary meeting comes in the backdrop of intense factional fight in its Kerala unit where the Chief Minister and Pinarayi are on a war path.
Both Achuthanandan and Pinarayi have earlier demanded the removal of each other.

“We are meeting for two days. I cannot predict the outcome of the meeting,” Polit Bureau member M.K. Pandhe told reporters when asked whether the party was contemplating action against the leaders in Kerala.

He also said all issues regarding Kerala, including SNC Lavalin graft case in which Pinarayi is facing prosecution, will be discussed in the meeting.
Both the Kerala factions have submitted complaints accusing each other before the Polit Bureau which is understood to have been deliberating on it.