Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 (TIWN): Thiruvananthapuram, The arrival of party general secretary Sitaram Yechuri and his senior colleague Prakash Karat for the crucial state CPI-M leadership meeting here, has got tongues wagging about the possibility of the otherwise "invincible" Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan losing his grip over the state unit of the party.

With Kerala being the last bastion of the 'red party', the national leadership which hitherto played a second fiddle to Vijayan, given the strong stature he enjoyed after leading the Left Front to a stunning victory in the April 2021 and retaining office, the way things transpired after that, Vijayan is certainly not in a comfortable position.

Also, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan taking a strong stance against the government and going public asserting that he is not a rubber stamp to just sign any document placed before him, has been a worrying development for the CPI-M national leadership.