Deshabhimani

This is how an in-house edit piece in the state CPI(M)’s mouthpiece has interpreted the media coverage of its 19th Party Congress at Coimbatore last week: “The media agenda was to hide the political content of the meet and the influence it has on the country’s policies. The media discussion of the factionalism in the Kerala party, which is now almost over, was part of this agenda. Party General Secretary Prakash Karat has said that the biggest cause of the media’s enmity towards CPI(M) is the party resisting American imperialism. The media cannot tolerate the CPI(M) continually opposing the RSS controlling the Sangh Parivar. But more than its antagonism towards the CPI(M), the enmity has to do with the media’s bias in favour of America and the BJP. The media can never, ever, stand the expose of the BJP and America.”

Thejas

A report said the Kerala State Human Rights Commission has suo motu registered cases against workers of the CPI(M) youth outfit, DYFI, for attacking policemen during an agitation against a retail chain outlet in Manjeri, and another against senior police officers for not taking action against the attackers. This is the first time that the state human rights commission is making a suo motu intervention on behalf of the policemen, the report said.

Compiled by Rajeev PI