What has angered the party is the open support extended by Achuthanandan to the demand of Chandrasekharan's widow K K Rema for a CBI probe into the "conspiracy" behind the murder of her husband in 2012.
Achuthanandan, who continues to be the leader of the LDF opposition in Kerala Assembly and a central committee member of CPI(M), also made some sharp digs at the party's move to cooperate with a group of rebel BJP workers in the politically volatile Kannur district.
The CPI(M)'s state committee, which discussed the public posturing of Achuthanandan over the two issues, faulted him for making public statements which contradicted the party's official stand.
A party communique issued yesterday termed Achuthanandan's statements as "unnecessary and inappropriate."
Referring to the approach adopted by the party towards the BJP rebels, the statement said Achuthanandan had gone to town with his views without bothering to learn what was happening in Kannur or trying to understand the party's position by raising the issue in the proper forum.
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