Social media in Kerala rubs it into CPI-M for Tripura loss

In the wake of electoral drubbing for the CPI-M in Tripura Assembly elections, social media trolls in Kerala on Saturday were busy rubbing the poll loss into the Left party's wounds, since Kerala now is the only Indian state in CPI-M kitty.

While Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Prakash Karat and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan came under the most fierce attack, party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury also came in for flak for his statement at the party conference in Thrissur last week that state leaders should not forget that CPI-M is "not just limited to CPI-M in Kerala".

Yechury's stand on CPI-M tie-up with the Congress to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party was outvoted at the Central Committee meeting. Leading the fight against Yechury was the Kerala unit of the CPI-M, fully under Vijayan's control.

Social media users pointed out that the Left party had indeed become 'Communist Party of Kerala-Marxist'.

A meme of a coffin with 'Tripura' written on it is being carried by Vijayan, state party Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.

Another meme shows two leading comedians of Malayalam cinema lying bandaged in a cot, with the words 'Bengal' and 'Tripura' and saying there is one more (Kerala) who will be coming in very soon.

While no Kerala CPI-M leader has so far reacted to Tripura defeat, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala of the Congress said results clearly show the need for a "united fight against the BJP".

--IANS

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