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Communal forces cannot and should not be in govt: Sitaram Yechury

CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury talks to Aditi Phadnis on common platforms, joint fronts and the continuing influence of Left ideas but its declining electoral strength. Edited excerpts:

Sitaram Yechury, in the thick of things
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Sitaram Yechury cautions that people, especially those in north India, are being roused along communal lines and given minor doles to win elections. Illustration: Binay Sinha

Aditi Phadnis
There is no one who has more experience of running coalitions than the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI (M)]. What makes a coalition work?

First of all, the coalition has to be on the basis of a certain programme. And what makes a coalition function is the agreement on certain policy directions. And that is what takes away the other agendas of “shopping lists” that various partners have. So it is no longer deal-making but actually delivering to the people what you’ve promised. 

Given our experience in running coalitions, we always insist on having a coalition which is on

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