Palakkad (Kerala) | Senior CPI(M) leader A K Balan on Friday called former LDF MLA P V Anvar a "political creature who changes colour like a chameleon" in connection with the latter's recent reported claims that more Left leaders will join the TMC.

Balan said that after leaving the LDF, Anvar first went to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and then to the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

"Now, who knows where he will go," the CPI(M) leader said while speaking to a TV channel here.

He also said all this was the consequence of "cheating the Left front".

"This is proof of how the identity and credibility of a person is lost," he said.

Anvar has not reacted to Balan's comments yet.

Balan also said that those who have left the LDF will not be able to continue in the regional organisation that Anvar was planning to form.

Anvar, who recently left the TMC, contested from the Beypore Assembly seat with UDF backing.

He was an LDF-backed independent MLA from Nilambur (2016 and 2021). However, following differences with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, he resigned from his MLA post, but failed to win the bypoll in 2025.

After exiting from LDF, he joined the TMC.