Karat saves the day for Kerala CM

Statesman News Service
Thiruvananthapuram, 26 MAY: It's Karat to the rescue ~ again!
The CPI-M general secretary has saved the day for Kerala chief minister Mr VS Achuthanandan, by making corrections in a report drawn up to assess the LDF’s poll failure in Kerala.
According to a source loyal to the CM: “Mr Vijayan mentioned the SNC Lavalin case as a contributing factor in his report, but said it was the chief minister’s attitude to the advocate general’s legal advice (acquitting Mr Vijayan of any wrong doing) that blemished the party’s unified image and helped the Congress win by a huge margin.” Also, Mr Vijayan did not mention the Left’s folly in deciding to include Mr Abdul Nasser Madani’s People’s Democratic Party in its election campaign, and instead found fault with Mr Achuthanandan, and his reluctance in accepting what the majority (Mr Vijayan’s official faction) wanted.
Mr Karat who attended the state secretariat meeting asked that corrections be made as the Politburo has found that the CBI’s case against Mr Vijayan and the party’s associations with the PDP were major contributing factors to the loss of votes.
The CM’s loyalists had argued that the report was a personal attack and went against the party’s guidelines while assessing the poll performance. The last time Mr Karat came to the rescue of the chief minister was during the 2006 Assembly elections, when Mr Vijayan, who was hopeful of becoming chief minister, left Mr Achuthanandan out of the publicity material. Mr Karat had intervened and allowed the veteran leader to become the CM, and for now, there has been no talk of Mr Achuthanandan giving up his post. As for the SNC Lavalin case, the Governor has asked the CBI to furnish more evidences within the week.