In order
to "oust"
TMC (TrinaMool Congress) from Government and "isolate" BJP (Bhartiya
Janata Party) in the state, CPI(M) (Communist Party of India, Marxist) on
Thursday indicated it is willing to have an understanding with Congress for the
upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said that the Left party will
seek support and co-operation from "all democratic forces" to
dethrone the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC in the state at a Central Committee (CC)
meeting held in New Delhi. During the two-day CC meeting, the CPI (M) also
discussed electoral tactics for forthcoming polls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
Puducherry and Assam.
Speaking on the move, Yechuri explained, "In order to restore democracy
and foil communal polarization by BJP ... that is the main task we think can be
achieved only by ousting TMC from Government in West Bengal. In order to
achieve this objective, the CPI(M) will seek support of all democratic forces
in Bengal." "We want to strengthen people's unity in West Bengal and
to do that, we are appealing to all democratic forces to co-operate," he
added, sending out a message to other parties. Yechury' remarks come in the line
of reports that the Kerala unit of the party was opposed to the idea of West
Bengal committee joining hands with Congress, against which the CPI(M) will be
contesting polls in the southern state.
In Kerala, Yechury made contradictory statement, where he said, Left
Democratic Forces (LDF) led by CPI(M) is already in the middle of finalizing
preparations to "defeat" United Democratic Front (UDF) headed by
Congress. The two states are likely to go to polls in April-May this year.
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