Thiruvananthapuram: P Jayarajan was arrested with the backing of the Muslim League, alleged Politburo member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. Jayarajan was arrested after he was asked to appear for interrogation. And this has not happened before, he said.

PB member M A Baby said the arrest was an attempt to tarnish the CPM. CPM leader M V Jayarajan said that the people would react against his arrest.