Kochi: Hundreds gather to pay emotional farewell to veterans CPM Leader MM Lawrence Ernakulam Town Hall witnessed dramatic scenes on Monday – a heated confrontation ensued, with both the party he had fought for throughout his life and his daughter, with whom he had a quarrelsome relationship, claiming possession of his body .
The party cited the leader’s wish and as a committed communist to donate Lawrence’s body to Ernakulam Medical College Hospital. at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Kalur, claiming that he had never done so.
Asha and her son stood beside the red coffin, determined not to allow anyone to move the body to the medical college. The CPM workers surrounded the coffin and started shouting slogans. Eventually, Asha and her son were brought outside the hall and Lawrence’s body was taken to the Government Medical College Hospital, Ernakulam, where it was kept in the mortuary till the medical college as directed by the Kerala High Court The governor’s decision took into account Asha’s objections and affidavits submitted by Lawrence’s other children.
Larance’s eldest son ML Sajeevan said the decision to hand over the body to the medical college was taken after considering the wishes of the late leader.
Lawrence’s heroic legacy Remembered
Asha unnecessarily creates controversy with support bjp and RSS. The RSS-BJP leader’s influence is evident in Asha’s Facebook posts. This was done to insult the CPM leaders,” Sajivan said. “This wrongful act ruined my father’s last journey. His last journey should have been carried out in a religious way,” Asha said.
CPM Politburo member Ma Baobao spelled out the party’s line. “Recently, I witnessed the bodies of four party leaders being handed over to various hospitals. The body of former CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury was handed over to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, while the body of Buhad Bhattacharjee’s body was handed over to the Calcutta Medical College. “Lawrence’s body was also handed over to the Medical College in accordance with his wishes.”
Meanwhile, at a condolence meeting at City Hall, speaker after speaker spoke passionately of Lawrence’s heroic legacy. Writer and critic MK Sanoo said Lawrence suffered brutal police torture during the anti-communist witch hunt following the 1950 Edapally police station attack. Barbie talks about how Lawrence played an important role in uniting the city’s manual scavengers, considered the dregs of society. “Lawrence leads the rag pickers in a procession on the roads of Kochi city. Poet Balachandran Chullikkad has recently written a poem titled ‘Thotti’ based on Lawrence’s work among the rag pickers. Lawrence is the main character in NS Madhavan’s work ‘Lanthanbatheriyile Luthiniyakal’ Characters,” Baby recalled.
CPI national executive committee member Prakash Babu said there was no difference or gap between Lawrence’s words and actions. BJP vice-president KS Radhakrishnan said Lawrence’s speech holds a special place among political leaders. NCP leader PC Chacko said Lawrence was full of love and care for those around him, while former Congress leader KV Thomas said that although Lawrence was a political hardliner, he was a beautiful person. Industries Minister P Rajeeve said the best way to preserve Lawrence’s memory is to emulate his passion for continuous struggle.
