The ‘millionaire’ that nobody knows about; If it wasn’t between Pinarayi and VS that day…! – Profile of Kodiyeri Balakrishnan | CPM

Kodiyeri Balakrishnan The time he went to Houston, USA for cancer treatment. One day Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala received his call. I had already mentioned that I was going, and this call was to ask if there were any friends in America. Chennithala’s friends in America came to Kodiyeri to ask for information about treatment. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan didn’t need Ramesh Chennithala’s friends in America. Friendship was also his weakness. Kodiyeri missed no opportunity to grow and renew it. The relationship with Chennithala started when the student was doing activities in opposition organizations. It extended to family and children. During their early days as MLAs, Kodiyeri and Congress leader KC Joseph were in adjoining rooms in the Chandragiri flat in the legislative hostel. A friendship grew through the train journeys to Kannur after the service. Whatever the special days at Kodiyeri’s house, a portion of the stew would have arrived for the neighbor at the MLA’s hostel. In this way, Kodiyeri has solved many complex problems through friendship that crossed party boundaries. The time when the CPM announced the strike in the solar case surrounded the secretariat. With the start of the strike, the ministers were blocked and faced problems. Operators beyond control. It has become a state that can go to violence. It was Kodiyeri’s intervention that changed the nature of the strike and avoided violence by talking to the Prime Minister and other ministers. Boundless friendship helped there too. With this approach of wanting love and friendship, Kodiyeri opened the path of reconciliation many times in the party and before.