"We have no connection with it": CPI-M denies involvement in Panoor blast

Kannur: State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) MV Govindan on Thursday reiterated the party's stance on the Panoor blast, saying that CPI-M had no role in it.
One person was killed and three others were injured in a blast near Panoor in Kannur in the north Kerala district.
Opposing the BJP's claims, Govindan said that the party does not engage in activities involving explosives and urged for a thorough investigation into the matter.
Addressing concerns regarding the involvement of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) activists in the blast, Govindan said, "It is up to the DYFI leadership to address whether their members were involved or not"
Urging for clarity in the matter, Govindan stated that "CPIM has no connection with the incident and that it should be thoroughly investigated".
"The explosion at the League centre was an attempt to create tension," he added.
Meanwhile, the president of the BJP's Kannur district unit in Kerala, N Haridas, alleged on Sunday that the top leadership of the CPI (M) was complicit in the recent crude bomb explosion in the district that killed one person and injured three.
He said that the bombs were being made in the district with the full knowledge of the CPI (M) leadership to sabotage the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
They were allegedly making the bomb when it accidentally exploded.
"Those who were arrested in connection with the incident are the active workers of CPI (M). Whenever their workers are accused of being involved in political violence, the CPI (M) leadership publicly distances itself from them, while at the same time, the party will privately extend all its support to them," Haridas said.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President and UDF candidate in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency, K Sudhakaran, also reacted to the incident and said that the matter must be thoroughly investigated.
K Sudhakaran said, "The explosion occurred during bomb-making. There is a political motive behind bomb-making. The incident is taking place before the elections. K Sudhakaran said that he would complain to the Election Commission, demanding a thorough investigation into the blast."