Padmakumar softens stance; dist CPM to meet today

TWO days after publicly expressing dissatisfaction over not getting a berth in the CPM state committee, former MLA and CPM Pathanamthitta district secretariat member A Padmakumar softened his stance, saying what he said was wrong.

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"I did not join the CPM because someone in my family was in the party. I became a worker of the SFI based on ideological conviction. I am aware that it was not right to raise criticism publicly. It is up to the party to decide and I'm ready to accept whatever action it takes," he said. "When you are a human