Kozhikode: LDF convener E P Jayarajan will not attend CPM's seminar against Uniform Civil Code on Saturday. Reports said the notice of the event also omitted Jayarajan's name. Jayarajan claimed that he is skipping the event for attending DYFI's 'Snehaveedu' programme at Thiruvananthapuram. Jayarajan's absence has triggered a fresh controversy.
Meanwhile, CPM state secretary M V Govindan revealed his disappointment over E P Jayarajan's decision to skip the event. Govindan told the media that there was no need to extend a special invite to the LDF convener. He added that he did not know the reason behind the LDF convener's decision.
CPM national general secretary Sitaram Yechury will inaugurate the seminar in protest of the UCC in Kozhikode. The event is scheduled to commence at 4 pm in Calicut Trade Centre near Sarovaram Biopark.
Associations of the Muslim community including Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama will attend the seminar. Many VIPs including MP Elamaram Kareem, MP Jose K Mani, ministers P A Mohammed Riyas, A K Saseendran, Ahmed Devarkovil and the Thamarassery bishop Pamplani are also invited to the event.
