Bengaluru: Crucial days are ahead for former CPI-M Kerala state secretary and politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, as his younger son Bineesh Kodiyeri's bail application is coming up in the Karnataka High Court on Friday.
On two previous occasions, the bail application was denied by a lower court there and he then moved to the high court in Bengaluru. It will be heard on Friday, which will be the last day of the sitting, following which the court will go for summer break.
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Balakrishnan on account of this case was given an honourable exit by the party which asked him to go on medical leave as he was suffering from cancer of the pancreas.
Bineesh has now informed the court that his father is unwell and it is the responsibility of a son to be near his father at such a time. Hence, he should be given bail for which he has submitted all the medical certificates highlighting the ailment of his father.
However, Balakrishnan along with his wife and elder son had cast his vote in the April 6 assembly polls at their home town in Tellicherry in Kannur.
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After that, he was regularly spotted at the state party headquarters and last week he was instrumental in asking State Higher Education Minister K.T. Jaleel to resign after the Kerala Lokayukta found the nepotism charges against him to be true.
Moreover with the assembly polls results to be announced on May 2 and if the Left retains power, there is every chance that Balakrishnan will get back the post of state secretary.
If Bineesh gets bail and walks out of jail, Balakrishnan will be able to breathe easy.
IANS
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