CPI leader attacks LDF-backed Thrissur mayor for meeting Kerala BJP president

K Surendran did not offer cakes to any other mayor...He should continue in his role, but not at the cost of the Left Front VS SUNIL KUMAR, CPI leader

- Press Trust of India

THRISSUR: A fresh controversy erupted after CPI leader VS Sunil Kumar criticised LDF-backed Thrissur mayor MK Varghese for meeting BJP state president K Surendran on Christmas Day.

Alleging political opportunism, Sunil Kumar, the LDF candidate who lost to Union minister Suresh Gopi in this year's Lok Sabha elections from Thrissur, claimed on Friday that receiving a cake from Surendran was part of a planned political move.

Sunil Kumar, a former minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led cabinet, told a TV channel that the issue was "not about the cake" but reflected a larger concern about Varghese retaining the mayor's post despite his apparent allegiance to the BJP.