This yogic contortion, perhaps, is the outcome of the not-so-inconsiderable contradictory pulls within the party, and, also, the strong adverse reactions to the CC Resolution from large sections of the "thinking" segments of otherwise symapathetic crowd.
<<*The CPI has called your political resolution self-contradictory.* We have seen their draft. We have had discussions with them. In the last one year, they have changed their understanding midway after their last party congress. Yes, they are for a line which is for a wider unity of what they call democratic and secular forces, which include the Congress. We don’t agree, we have already told them that. And this has been one of the basic dividing lines between the CPM and CPI… Self-contradictory for them, it seems… The corollary is that they consider the Congress a natural ally which we don’t. We have worked together despite having differences… We have seen what happened in the past with the line of seeing Congress as the ally. *In 2019, in the event of a hung verdict, a 2004-like situation, would you work with the Congress again?* It is not very productive to think of the 2004 situation. First of all, we don’t expect the CPM to have the electoral success of 2004. The Left won 18 out of the 20 seats in Kerala in 2004. That itself was an exception. So we can’t mechanically replicate what is going to happen. We can’t say what is going to be verdict of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. We will cross the bridge when it comes. The issue is at that time, yes, one situation is similar. Like in 2004, in 2019 the crucial question will be whether we will have a secular government at the Centre. We will keep that in mind when we work our approach in the post-election situation, if such a situation arises. *On regional parties, you have said no national-level alliance with them* Earlier, we were trying to bring together many regional parties for what we called a third alternative, popularly called third front… From our experience, we have realised this is not feasible, because the role and character of the regional parties have changed over a period…. Many of these parties are state-based… The question of defeating the BJP being the main aim of all of us… we will decide which regional party will be playing a role and also depending on that it won’t harm our interests by having some understanding with them. Everybody talks about Congress. But in many states, it is the regional parties which will play an important role in the fight against the BJP. In UP, is it the Congress which is going to be the decisive force against the BJP? It is either the SP or the BSP. So in each state it differs. *Suppose the CPM enters into an alliance with the SP in UP, and the SP ties up with the Congress?* For us, that is not an important issue. Anybody who wants to see the BJP defeated… they should get the BSP and the SP to fight together. That will make an impact, not the CPM aligning with anybody. The real thing is gathering the anti-BJP forces in the electoral battle.>> (Source: 'Prakash Karat interview: ‘After 2019 poll, question is will there be secular govt… we will keep that in mind’: PM politburo member Prakash Karat discusses the party's approach to Congress, BJP, regional parties." at < http://indianexpress.com/article/india/prakash-karat-interview-after-2019-poll-question-is-will-there-be-secular-govt-we-will-keep-that-in-mind-5070464/ >.) The above also clearly shows up how Karat's words carry significantly greater weight than those of the incumbent (lame duck?) Party General Secretary.. Sukla -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
