CPM leadership not in favour of fielding G Sudhakaran

Kottayam: CPM state leadership ruled out the possibility of former minister and veteran leader G Sudhakaran contesting in the assembly elections. Alappuzha district secretary R Nazar informed the district secretariat that Sudhakaran was interested in contesting. According to sources, party secretary M V Govindan, who took part in the secretariat meeting held in Alappuzha on Thursday, told the committee that there were guidelines regarding deciding candidates, and there was no need for discussion about those who were set aside based on these guidelines. Meanwhile, the meeting decided to field all the sitting MLAs from the district. There were also suggestions regarding fielding district secretary R Nazar. Some members suggested fielding him in Kayamkulam or Aroor. If the state leadership goes against fielding all the sitting MLAs in Alappuzha district, either U Prathibha in Kayamkulam or Daleema in Aroor will have to pave way to Nazar. The other sitting CPM MLAs are P P Chitharanjan (Alappuzha), Saji Cherian (Chengannur), H Salam (Ambalappuzha) and M S Arunkumar (Mavelikkara). It will be the state leadership that takes the final call on choosing the candidates.