Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 7 -- Senior Congress leader Cherian Philip has alleged that the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government in Kerala is implementing a "Communist elimination doctrine" by brutally suppressing political opponents.
In a statement here, Philip said the government has been using police and CPI(M) workers to unleash "barbaric assaults" on Youth Congress, KSU and Mahila Congress leaders and activists over the past four years.
"Thousands have fallen victim to such attacks, many of them continue to undergo treatment, and several remain physically incapacitated," he alleged.
He drew parallels to the "elimination theory" once propounded by Joseph Stalin in Russia and Mao Zedong in China to wipe out landlords and political adver...