With another Lok Sabha election looming, former Devikulam MLA S. Rajendran, who is influential among the Tamil-speaking voters in Munnar, has ruled out his re-entry to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] that had suspended him for a year in February 2022.
Party sources said the district leadership had brought to Mr. Rajendran the membership renewal form amidst rumours of his likely defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However, he refused to renew his membership. Just two days ago, Mr. Rajendran had accused CPI(M) Idukki district secretariat member K.V. Sasi of obstructing his re-entry into the party.
