CPI(M) area committee member Anas Ali accuses G. Sudhakaran of wilfully targeting him

An area committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] in Alappuzha has accused CPI(M) dissident turned Independent MLA G. Sudhakaran of wilfully targeting him to tarnish his reputation. Demanding the MLA to withdraw his comments linking him to drug rackets, M.M. Anas Ali, Haripad CPI(M) area committee member as well as vice-president of Haripad block panchayat, said he would file a defamation case if Mr. Sudhakaran refused to do so.On Saturday (September 5, 2026), he broke down at a press conference in Alappuzha he had convened to respond to Mr. Sudhakaran’s allegations. Speaking to The Hindu on Sunday (September 6, 2026), Mr. Ali said he had shared a close relationship with Mr. Sudhakaran for a long time. However, things soured from the time Mr. Ali was appointed by the party to coordinate the Assembly election campaign in the Ambalappuzha constituency.“I became part of the leadership of the Balasangam, Students' Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) when the party in the district was firmly under Mr. Sudhakaran’s control. For my wedding ceremony, he was the one who handed me the ‘Thaali’. Even the day before he decided to leave the party, we had gone to his house to convince him to stay. He had agreed also. These baseless allegations have come out of the blue,” said Mr. Ali.‘Family affected’He said that the allegations have affected his family members, who have not stepped outside the house in the past few days. “My wife has not gone to work for the past three days. Neither has my child gone to school nor has my father gone to the mosque on Friday,” he said.In the press conference, he cautioned Mr. Sudhakaran that he will have to make certain revelations if the MLA continued to target him. This includes a fake social media post on a woman politician that Mr. Sudhakaran had allegedly sent him as well as an alleged attempt to suppress an issue related to the death by suicide of a girl in Thottappally.He said he had sent a notice to Mr. Sudhakaran seeking ₹1 in damages, as a token amount to establish his integrity. Published - September 06, 2026 04:48 pm IST