Suspended CPI(M) MP praises Muslim League now

As if praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not enough, the suspended CPI(M) MP, AP Abdullakutty, has now started praising the Muslim League — a party the CPI(M) considers to be communal. At a seminar in Kerala on Friday, the rebel MP said, “The role played by the League in checking the onslaught of terrorism is simply great,” and termed it as a mainstream secular party of the minority community. While the Left bosses are fuming, Abdullakutty, it seems, has taken a calculated approach to distance himself from the CPI(M). He is expected to contest the next Lok Sabha elections as an independent.