CPI(M) to remain equidistant from BJP, Congress

CPI(M) will maintain equal distance from communal forces as well Congress, said party's Tripura state secretary Bijan Dhar after the two-day party state committee meeting here.
BJP came to the power banking on the corrupt practices and anti-people policies of the Congress-led UPA, Dhar said while speaking to the reporters at the party state headquarters here.
"We are of the view that CPI(M) will maintain equal distance from BJP as well Congress as per the decision taken in the 21st Party Congress held in Vishakhapatnam," he said.
Dhar, however, claimed the issue of the party's electoral tie-up with arch rivals Congress in West Bengal did not come up for discussion in the state committee meeting.

"This is not our area of jurisdiction and we did not discuss the issue. The West Bengal state committee will have an elaborate discussion on the issue and send a report to the party higher ups," he said.
The three-day CPI(M) Central Committee meeting is scheduled in Delhi from June 18, while the Politburo's two-day meeting will be held on May 29.

Both meetings assume significance keeping in mind of the party's electoral debacle in West Bengal even after forging an alliance with the Congress.
Dhar said there would not be any major change in the socio-economic condition in Assam after BJP coming to power in that state.

"People of Assam didn't have option. They were frustrated with the non-performing and corrupt Tarun Gogoi government, while the Left parties are also very weak in Assam leading to the BJP's landslide victory," he said.
Admitting that the saffron party's influence would grow in Tripura, the CPI(M) state secretary said the party would intensify its political movement to resist BJP's aggression in the state.