Kurup denies rumours of becoming UDF canditate
CPM
leader K Suresh Kurup dismissed the reports that appeared in a section of the media suggesting that he is going to contest from Ettumanur as the UDF candidate. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Kurup said that false news is being spread in the last few days.
In the post, he said that he became a member of the CPM in 1972. He also stated that since then, he has had no difference of opinion about the stand of the party. The party is the reflection of his political life. He also mentioned that he is not a person who goes after any positions.
"Elections or the positions I get through them are not important to me. All those were just opportunities that came my way as part of my Left-wing political activities. Let me tell my friends who love me, the people who have placed their trust in me, and those who act as enemies of me for reasons unknown to me, that my politics is the most important thing to me," he wrote on Facebook.
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