INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has stepped down from the post
leave to continue medical treatment
His request for leave has been approved by the party state secretariat, says a press note issued by the CPM
It is not clear for how long Kodiyeri will be on leave.Earlier, the party Central and state leadership has extended full support to Kodiyeri
when his youngest son Bineesh Kodiyeri was interrogated and later taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the
entangled in a series of allegations over the gold smuggling case, into more trouble
He has been on treatment for cancer for a while
During that time, party state secretariat was given the charge of day-today affairs.For Kodiyeri, allegations against his two sons Binoy and
Bineesh have always been a headache making black mark on his political career
He was elected as party state secretary as the successor of now chief minister Pinararayi Vijayan in 2015 during the party state committee
