Though the Congress swept all but one seat it contested in Kerala in the recent Lok Sabha polls from the State, the party is embroiled in mumbo jumbo politics much to the embarrassment of the High Command.
On Thursday, a group of party workers and sorcerers traced materials from the Nadal residence of K Sudhakaran, MP and president of KPCC. The materials retrieved on Thursday are reportedly remnants of sorcery and black magic performed for the annihilation of Sudhakaran, said one of his aides who was present during the probe.
Copper sheets, pancha loha (made of five metals) pendant and bones of birds form the materials dug out from various corners of Sudhakaran's house. "These are all materials which are nearly two years old and I do not have anything to say about this," Sudhakaran told the media which had turned up in large numbers for an on the spot assessment.
Though he refused to tell any details of the persons suspected behind the black magic, the needle of suspicion points towards a woman leader from the State who was waiting anxiously before the Lok Sabha polls for the announcement from High Command that Sudhakaran may not contest the election due to poor health.
But things did not work out as she had planned and the party's central leadership insisted that Sudhakaran should contest from Kannur which he did and won with a big majority defeating the CPI(M) strongman M V Jayarajan.Rajmohan Unnithan, MP was with Sudhakaran when the probe was underway at his house. "Thank God, I am alive despite this witchcraft," Sudhakaran was heard telling the reporters after the investigation. A sorcerer from Pathanamthitta had been summoned to find out the possibility of any witchcraft and he replied in the affirmative. Interestingly, Sudhakaran had some ailments in his legs which the sorcerer attributed to witchcraft.
The Malabr region in Kerala that includes the northern districts is known for sorcery and black magic. Services of sorcerers in the region are hired by all including Marxists and Congress to weaken their rivals. As the saying goes, all is fair in love and war. Politics too is a form of war.