CPI(M) Pitches For Partnership With Congress To Defeat BJP

Kolkata:  CPI(M)’s West Bengal unit on Sunday made a strong pitch for continuing the “adjustment” with Congress in the state to fight against Trinamool Congress (TMC) “reign of terror” and BJP’s “communal politics”.

A large section of CPI(M)’s state committee leaders, in presence of the party’s general secretary Sitaram Yechury and other Politburo members, said in order to fight against the “brazen attack” of TMC and communal politics of BJP, the “broadest possible unity” is needed and it cannot be achieved without Congress.

CPI(M)’s central committee had last month criticized the party’s state unit for violating the ‘official line’ by aligning with Congress during the Assembly polls and called for rectification of the political line adopted by the state unit.

In the state committee meeting held on Sunday, it was decided that in order to implement the decision of the plenum held last year at the central committee level, a plenum at the state level will also be held in West Bengal to look into the organizational aspects of the party’s state unit.

CPI(M)’s state committee member agreed that the line adopted in West Bengal may have violated the official party line, but the state unit was left with no other choice.

After the state committee meeting, CPI(M)CP General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said there is a need to forge a “greater unity” of the people to fight against the “TMC-sponsored terror” and “restore” democracy in West Bengal. It was also decided that a plenum of the party's state unit will be organized between September 30 and October 2. A state committee member said 27 out of 30 members of the part’s state committee defended the decision to enter into an “understanding” with the Congress before the Assembly election.