PTI
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 6 : In a tactical move
against Congress and BJP, the Left will seek to bring secular
regional parties on a common platform ahead of Lok Sabha
polls, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said today.
“In the coming Lok Sabha elections, appropriate tactics
should be adopted to defeat Congress and thwart BJP and
strengthen the Left and non-Congress, non-BJP forces,” he
said.
Karat was making a presentation on “the political
situation and the way forward” at a seminar organised by AKG
Study and Research Centre here to mark the Jyoti Basu
centenary year.
Setting out the twin objectives before the Left parties,
he said they should lead the fight against UPA’s “harmful
policies and corruption” and pay equal attention to mobilise
secular-democratic forces to combat the “disruptive politics”
of RSS-BJP combine which is projecting Narendra Modi as its
prime ministerial candidate.
Holding that Congress and BJP are two faces of the ruling class politics, he said there is a need to build an
alternative to their “bourgeois-landlord” polices by rallying
forces like regional parties around alternative policies.
Though most regional parties had no common political and
policy positions and were prone to take stands based on their
interests in the states concerned, CPI(M) had been trying to
draw some of them into joint action on common policy issues,
the CPI(M) leader said.
He said UPA’s return to power in 2009 was largely due to
implementation of several pro-people policies during 2004-09
under the influence of the Left which had supported it then.
In contrast, UPA-II had a ‘disastrous record’ in
aggressively pushing policies of ‘appeasing’ corporates and
big businesses at the “neglect” of vast sections of people, he charged.
At the outset, Karat paid rich tributes to the memory of
Jyoti Basu, describing him as a model Communist who showed how the parliamentary path could be utilised for the benefit of workers and peasants without deviating from the revolutionary path.
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The struggle will continue till the working class and the common people are able to bring in Socialism, where every body will be having equal opportunity to live and progress.
sir,i think this is the time for left parties to move,because BJP is very advance at the LOKSABHA election campaign,in my openion ,first step you have to announce the prim minister candidate,such as secular,popular (MULAYAM SINGH).SP and LEFT parties campaign can make good result under MULAYAM,SINGS PRIME MINISTER candidate,the people have no idea ebout left,if they vote to the left what they will do after election,if we announce the prime ministery candidate ,that is a good view to people,the other small parties will join to third front even later, hopfully JALEEL.RC
Dear Comrade,
The Left Parties are already trying to bring all non-Congress secular parties in the same platform. As a first step a massive Convention was held at New Delhi with the participation of 14 parties which was a success. This is a starting. Let us see the further developments.