Communist Party of India (Marxist) State Secretary Binoy Viswam on Monday dismissed allegations of "payment seats" within the party, following sharp criticism from sitting MLA CC Mukundan over the denial of a seat in the Nattika constituency.
Kerala Transport Minister KB Ganesh Kumar has said the driver of a lorry that ran over people sleeping on the roadside in Thrissur's Nattika on Tuesday, killing five of them, was in an inebriated condition at the time of the accident.
Five people were killed near Nattika in Thrissur after a lorry ran over them while they were sleeping on the roadside on Tuesday, according to police officials.