E P Jayarajan meets Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan amidst reports of differences with party leadership

Thiruvananthapuram/ New Delhi: Amidst reported differences with the party leadership, veteran CPI (M) leader E P Jayarajan on Saturday called on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and held discussions with him at the Kerala House in New Delhi.

. Both the leaders reached the national capital to pay their last respects to party general secretary Sitaram Yechury who died in a Delhi hospital on Thursday after battling a lung infection.

. The meeting assumes significance in the wake of media reports that differences have cropped up between him and the party leadership following his removal as LDF convenor recently.

. Jayarajan has been keeping away from public programmes and party functions for some time.

.CPM removes E P Jayarajan from LDF convener post; party says meeting with BJP behind decision. However, he told reporters that there was nothing new in his meeting with Chief Minister Vijayan.

. Jayarajan said he used to visit the CM whenever time permits, especially when he arrives in New Delhi.

. "We all are part of a party family. We all have love and respect towards each other," he said in New Delhi.

. He also accused the media of propagating wrong news based on misinterpretations and urged them think in a "right manner".

. The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on August 31 announced that E P Jayarajan would no longer hold the post of LDF convener and would be replaced by party leader T P Ramakrishnan.

. The veteran Marxist leader has reportedly been under fire from the party ever since he had admitted, in April, to meeting BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.

E P Jayarajan meets Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan amidst reports of differences with party leadership

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