Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 -- Veteran CPI(M) leader and former minister G Sudhakaran announced on Thursday that he will contest the forthcoming Kerala assembly election as an Independent from the Ambalappuzha constituency.Sudhakaran (75), a four-time MLA and two-time minister, said that he has not renewed his membership in the CPI(M) because he claimed to have felt "insulted and neglected" by the district and state leadership of the party.

"People who have no sense of the party's ideals or principles shower abuses at me and use AI clips to mock me. They mocked even my brother G Bhuvaneswaran who was a party martyr. I cannot tolerate such behaviour," G Sudhakaran said.

Sudhakaran, who was associated with the CPI(M) for 63 years, claime...