"Rivals in the states have got together to bail out the Congress... They don't see eye to eye in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar," he said while referring to these parties voting in favour of the Congress-led government in the Rajya Sabha on the Food Security Bill.
"We will have to wait and see how this will crystalise. There are interesting times ahead ... There is a churning going on... Everyone is now looking for immediate gains in the state level ... And the Congress has managed to collect its numbers (in Parliament)," he said, adding that CBI was being used to "manufacturing majority in the House".
Asked how the Left would forge a political understanding with these parties if they now favoured Congress, he said, "An alternative is required on the basis of alternative policies. We have appealed to all of them to join hands on the basis of alternative policies rather than the neo-liberal policies pursued by both the Congress and the BJP.
"We hope that finally an alternative to Congress and BJP will take shape."
Observing that the two major parties were "very comfortable with each other on the so-called economic reform measures", he said if they got together on economic issues, then they have a majority in both Houses of Parliament. "That is a reality."
He said the CPI(M) and other Left parties were coordinating with other like-minded parties against these "anti-people" policies.