Sparking controversy, Veteran CPM leader MM Lawrence’s daughter Asha Lawrence has come down heavily on the party calling it the most ‘casteist’ and ‘hegemonic’ political organisation in the world.
Her Facebook post was written in the context of comments made by senior party leader MV Jayarajan following the killing of an activist, Haridas, at Thalassery on Monday.
Jayarajan had accused that the killing of comrade Haridas reflected the hegemony of the RSS and its dislike to the fisherfolk. “I’ve heard casteist remarks from comrades,” wrote Asha.
“The extent of racial, casteist, societal, economic discrimination in CPIM cannot be found in any other party in the world,” Asha said.
She added that comrades even introduced each other by their caste names. “Brahmin, Menon, Nair, Catholic, pedigree, right comrades?”
In 2018, Asha’s son Mithun Immanuel Joseph, who was a plus-two student then, had caused a furore by attending a BJP event.
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