Salutations to political Kerala: Slain leader's wife K K Rema in pointed Facebook post against Vijayan

The Keralam Assembly polls results may be a mixed bag for many, but for K K Rema, the wife of slain leader T P Chandrasekharan, May 4 is a "day marked with blood".

In an emotional social media post, she hit out at the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left bastion by saying, “These six rounds are enough, Kerala! This is enough. Chandrasekharan has been able to witness the man who branded him a betrayer and called for his murder, standing naked in the scorching sun. Salutations to political Kerala."

The post came shortly after Vijayan trailed in the first six rounds of counting in the Dharmadam constituency located in Kannur, a CPM fortress. The constituency was won by a margin of over 50,000 votes by Vijayan in the 2021 elections.

Chandrasekharan, who was associated with the Left, was hacked to death allegedly by a group involving CPI(M) activists, in a case that triggered major political controversy in the state, on May 4, 2012. The election results have been announced on his death anniversary.

Rema, leader of the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP), said Vijayan’s “struggle” in the Dharmadom constituency itself sends a political message to the ruling CPI(M).

She entered electoral politics after her husband was killed. She is contesting from Vadakara and has been leading since the beginning of the counting process.

In an apparent reference to the CM, she said the person who had allegedly branded others as “traitors” and called for their elimination was now “standing exposed in the scorching sun”.

“Chandrasekharan has witnessed this after a long wait of twelve years,” she said, referring to the slain RMP leader and her husband.