Kolkata,:- Dispelling doubts raised by Left Front ally RSP over the secular credentials of Congress, senior CPI-M leader Sujan Chakraborty today said that the party is “indeed secular and democratic”.
The Congress too reciprocated by saying that the CPI-M was a “better and more trusted ally” than TMC.
“I don’t know what RSP said. But as far as CPI-M is concerned we don’t consider Congress as a communal party. We feel Congress is a secular and a democratic force,” Chakraborty said.
RSP state secretary Khisti Goswami had yesterday doubted the secular credentials of the Congress.
“We don’t believe Congress is a secular party. We have to know what their policy is. Has it changed its stand as they had been with TMC before? We have presented our critical assessment to the Left Front chairman,” RSP state secretary
Khisti Goswami said.
The partners of the CPI(M)-led Left Front yesterday had said the Congress should make the first move in forging an alliance for 2017 state assembly polls and approach the Left Front in this regard.
Asked what would they do if the Left Front on its own announces candidates as the Congress High command is yet to come clear on the question of alliance, senior Congress leader Abdul Mannan said, “It is true we want to fight in an alliance against the misrule of TMC. But we are separate political parties, so if they announce seats on their own it is their matter. The alliance is going on the right track”.
“The discussions are on and they are fruitful. The Left are not like TMC which humiliated us in the alliance,” Mannan said.
PTI
