VS says Alphones Kannanthanam’s political shift a lesson for CPI-M
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Thiruvananthapuram: Former Chief Minister and veteran CPI-M leader V.S. Achuthanandan on Sunday came down heavily on BJP leader Alphons Kannanthanam, a former Left supported legislator (2006-11), for his change of political affiliation.
"This change of position should have never happened to a fellow traveller of the Left. A fellow traveller of the Left should have never become a tool in the hands of fascists. The love of the country should have stood first and not a post. This should be a lesson when the Left selects candidates," said Achuthanandan.
It was during the tenure of Achuthanandan as Chief Minister (2006-11) that Alphons became a state legislator supported by the Left grouping.
The 64-year-old former bureaucrat, who was recently sworn in as the Minister of State (Independent) for Tourism, IT and Electronics, is just the second Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Kerala to get a berth in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. O. Rajagopal was the first in 1999, in the A.B. Vajpayee-led government.