Kannur, Aug. 5 -- Former Health minister and Mattanur constituency MLA, KK Shailaja today justified her presence at the send-off to the eight CPI(M) activists, who were convicted in the attack against RSS local leader and recently nominated Rajya Sabha MP, C Sadanadhan master in 1994.
The send-off was organised when the accused were going to surrender, after 31 years, before the court, on Monday.
Talking to newspersons here, Shailaja said "the eight punished in this case are CPI(M) workers of Mattanur and are leading respectable lives along with family members".
Shailaja, however, clarified that the visit was not to justify the crime, but out of the solidarity to the party workers, as she belongs to the CPI(M) party and is the MLA ...