Kozhikode: CPM may act against Kuttiady MLA K P Kunhammed Kutty regarding the seat allocation during the Assembly polls and the protest campaign. The decision is to degrade him to district committee from the district secretariat. The decision is as per the state committee directive and a final decision will be known today at the CPM secretariat meet.

Kerala Congress (M) decided to withdraw its candidate from the Kuttiady constituency. Kuttiady was allotted to the KC(M) as per a seat-sharing pact. However, the arrangement had led to protests by CPI(M) workers in Kuttiady as the local leaders want K P Kunhammed Kutty, former district panchayat president, to be made the CPM candidate.

Initially, the CPI (M) leadership refused to bow to the pressures but eventually the KC(M) decided to return the seat due to mounting protests. The decision of the CPI( M) district committee was endorsed by the party State committee.

In a meeting attended by central committee members A K Balan, Elamaram Kareem MP and state secretariat member T P Ramakrishnan MLA, complaints were raised against district committee member K Krishnan and area committee member A K Mohandas. There are reports that action may be initiated against these members and a few local committee members too.