SFI Thiruvananthapuram District Secretary Gokul Gopinath and President Jobin Jose have been removed. The action was taken after a video of them dancing drunk came out. State Secretary MV Govindan intervened but did not take action, which was controversial. This video was released a month ago. The SFI leadership and the CPM did not budge despite the fact that the organization was embarrassed by the social media. Finally, the action came after the CPM approved the amendment document suggesting to take strict action in such incidents. The CPM Thiruvananthapuram district secretary who met today instructed the SFI leadership to take action against both of them.
Gokul Gopinath and Jobin Jose will be removed and replaced by Vice President and Joint Secretary. The new secretary and president will be decided by SFI later. After the video came out and became a controversy, the SFI district faction had joined in the presence of CPM State Secretary MV Govindan. At that time, MV Govindan was adamant that the district committee should be dissolved. Still, the CPM was delaying the action under the shadow of the district leadership.
SFI removed Thiruvananthapuram district secretary and president