Speaking to mediapersons after the party's two-day politburo meeting here, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury also said that the party's Tripura unit was examining BJP's rise where it dislodged Congress as runner up in Pratapgarh and Surma Assembly bypolls last month.
CPI(M) suffered defeat at the hands of Congress in the bypoll for Aruvikkara Assembly segment in Kerala recently. However, it was BJP candidate O Rajagopal who sent shock-waves by gaining 34,145 votes.
"So, we have decided the fight against communalism and all expressions of fundamentalism will be taken up very seriously by the party," Yechury said.
CPI(M) will take "ideological" and "organisational" steps to ensure people are not swayed on the basis of emotions being whipped up by communal forces in Kerala, he said and observed that communalisation is not in the health of people Kerala, which has a record of being a "harmonious" state.
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"Yes, BJP was the second party, trailing far behind. But nevertheless they have replaced the Congress. If at all, there is growth of communal appeal behind this results, that the Tripura committee is examining. We are awaiting that report," Yechury said.
The Rajya Sabha MP said the "worst possible vote bank politics" being played by BJP is not in the interest of "any state or the country".
"And against this, we shall strengthen our entire work opposing that amongst the Indian people," he added.