Kolkata:- Scotching speculations of going with the Congress in its fight against TMC in Bengal, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today said the party will follow the resolutions adopted in the last Party Congress of not aligning or joining any front with the Congress.
Senior party leader Gautam Deb on Friday last had kicked up a political storm by stating that the Left Front in West Bengal was now left with not enough strength to defeat the Trinamool Congress in the next Assembly elections and had hinted at an “understanding” with the Congress, saying “there was a need for a greater alliance with other like-minded political parties to defeat the TMC regime.”
“He (Deb) did not say what is attributed to him, that we will go with the Congress,” Yechury told reporters when asked to comment on the CPI(M) central committee member’s statement advocating an alliance with the Congress.
He said as far as CPI(M) was concerned, it would go by the resolutions adopted in the 21st Party Congress.
“As far as the CPI(M) is concerned, we had made it clear in the 21st Party Congress that there is no question of going in an alliance or front with the Congress,” Yechury, who was in the city to attend the two-day state committee meeting of the party, said.
Deb has already submitted in writing to the party leadership about his comments after he was snubbed.
A section of senior party leaders during today’s state committee meeting, criticised the comments of Deb and said it was sending out a wrong signal to both the people and the grass root level workers.
“In a Communist party, we treat elections as a political fight not only for votes, but also to defend our ideology and political line. Gautam Deb’s comment is against that very political line. It will send out a wrong message and will only help TMC and BJP in return,” a senior state committee member said.
PTI
