MALAPPURAM / KOCHI: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Mullappally Ramachandran mentioned on Sunday that Congress is ready for an alliance with CPM in Kerala if the latter is ready to surrender its violent politics, a remark that used to be met with incredulity within his own party and sneered at through the CPM.
Addressing a public meeting, as part of his ongoing Jana Maha Yatra at Manjeri, the Congress chief mentioned that CPM’s Kerala unit, not like its opposite numbers in West Bengal and Tripura, used to be opposed to the very idea of collaboration with Congress to struggle and defeat BJP and Sangh Parivar at the national degree. “If CPM is ready to shed its politics of violence and Stalinist ideas, Congress is ready for an open dialogue to shape a mundane democratic entrance to struggle fascism,” he mentioned.
The KPCC president additionally criticised CPM for not being trustworthy in its attempts to struggle BJP’s insurance policies. "The CPM sees Congress as the main opposition. They don't see BJP as the main enemy. It's not possible for CPM to create a Left alternative at the national level," Ramachandran mentioned. He additionally demanded that the Kerala leadership of CPM take corrective measures in its way to resisting BJP and anti-secular forces.
Reacting to Ramachandran’s remarks, CPM politburo member M A Baby mentioned whatever Ramachandran mentioned used to be wishful pondering. “There is not any question of having any truck with the Congress in Kerala. It is a fact that the CPM is preventing towards the communal politics of the Narendra Modi executive. But we need to struggle towards the industrial insurance policies of the BJP executive as well as the insurance policies of previous UPA governments. The suicides of farmers all the way through the UPA rule due to their anti-farmer insurance policies cannot be forgotten. The CPM can in no way align with Congress in such a state of affairs,” he mentioned.
Within the Congress, there used to be most commonly studied silence on Ramachandran’s views, despite the fact that former KPCC president and MLA K Muraleedharan mentioned the “Congress may just do neatly without the assistance of the CPM”. “I don’t think Congress itself is critical in this. I don’t take the remark of Mullappally Ramachandran critically. We should not waste our time reacting to such inappropriate statements,” mentioned CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran.
Addressing a public meeting, as part of his ongoing Jana Maha Yatra at Manjeri, the Congress chief mentioned that CPM’s Kerala unit, not like its opposite numbers in West Bengal and Tripura, used to be opposed to the very idea of collaboration with Congress to struggle and defeat BJP and Sangh Parivar at the national degree. “If CPM is ready to shed its politics of violence and Stalinist ideas, Congress is ready for an open dialogue to shape a mundane democratic entrance to struggle fascism,” he mentioned.
The KPCC president additionally criticised CPM for not being trustworthy in its attempts to struggle BJP’s insurance policies. "The CPM sees Congress as the main opposition. They don't see BJP as the main enemy. It's not possible for CPM to create a Left alternative at the national level," Ramachandran mentioned. He additionally demanded that the Kerala leadership of CPM take corrective measures in its way to resisting BJP and anti-secular forces.
Reacting to Ramachandran’s remarks, CPM politburo member M A Baby mentioned whatever Ramachandran mentioned used to be wishful pondering. “There is not any question of having any truck with the Congress in Kerala. It is a fact that the CPM is preventing towards the communal politics of the Narendra Modi executive. But we need to struggle towards the industrial insurance policies of the BJP executive as well as the insurance policies of previous UPA governments. The suicides of farmers all the way through the UPA rule due to their anti-farmer insurance policies cannot be forgotten. The CPM can in no way align with Congress in such a state of affairs,” he mentioned.
Within the Congress, there used to be most commonly studied silence on Ramachandran’s views, despite the fact that former KPCC president and MLA K Muraleedharan mentioned the “Congress may just do neatly without the assistance of the CPM”. “I don’t think Congress itself is critical in this. I don’t take the remark of Mullappally Ramachandran critically. We should not waste our time reacting to such inappropriate statements,” mentioned CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran.
Mullappally calls for Congress-CPM tie-up; both parties ridicule idea
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