Branded a Subversive and a Wanted Man by the government, he was on the run and went underground during the period of 1948-52, as a top priority suspect in the infamous Sooranad Incident, with a Rs 1000 bounty on his head.
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Ningalenne Communistakki was first staged (under the banner of KPAC) in Chavara in Kollam district on December 6, 1952.
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Once a staunch supporter and activist of the Indian Congress party, Thoppil Bhasi soon distanced himself from the same on matters of principles and found his direction in the neo movement of Communism via the Communist Party of India.