Karat check for a few VS decisions

Karat had stepped in after the official Pinarayi faction in control of the state secretariat first absolved Jayarajan of all responsibility, and then agreed to make him only morally responsible, without mentioning any action against him.

The secretariat meet, which continued for an hour on Saturday morning with Karat and two more politburo members in attendance, also determined that Achuthanandan8217;s open outburst against Pharis Abubacker, a shady businessman who had substantially bankrolled a football match that his party rivals had organised, was uncalled for. But in the same breath, the meet also decided that the action of the party8217;s TV Channel Kairali, which had responded by holding a two-hour interview with Pharis that went against VS8212;and got VS to publicly allege a conspiracy by the party channel8212;was wrong too.

The decisions were reported at the two-day state committee meeting, which began soon after the secretariat meet got over.

The party TV channel is in control of the Pinarayi faction, and VS had continued his tirade against it, reiterating it had attempted to humiliate him. On the meet8217;s sidelines, channel8217;s managing director John Brittas, who personally anchored that interview, reportedly offered to quit and called on Pinarayi at the party headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday morning.