Synopsis: The CPI(M) in Kerala is facing rebel trouble after a block panchayat leader accused the party of arriving at a tacit understanding with the BJP, which would help the latter in the local self-government bodies polls — in return for helping the Left party’s strongman in Thiruvananthapuram sail through the Assembly election next year. T he BJP refuted the charge, but the Congress stood firm, saying the red is fading to become saffron.

With less than a month left for the elections to the local self-government bodies in Kerala, the CPI(M) is facing a rebel in one of the wards in the Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation.

More appalling to the CPI(M) would be the leader’s allegation that the party has entered into a tacit understanding with the BJP in select corporation wards.

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