NEW DELHI: Terming the rout of the Congress in three states—Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh—a 'lesson to secular democratic parties', the Left parties on Sunday called for the redoubling of efforts to unite opposition parties.
The general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) D Raja said that unity is the only way to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress must be accommodative. The general secretary of the CPI-Marxist (CPI-M) Sitaram Yechury said that the election results underline the need for secular forces to redouble their efforts in defence of people’s livelihoods and the secular democratic character of the Indian republic.
“Election results of 4 states are a lesson to secular-democratic parties. Only through unity & alternative vision for can the RSS-BJP be defeated and our Republic saved. All secular-democratic parties, including INC (Indian National Congress), must engage in introspection to have mutual accommodation,” Raja posted on ‘X’.
Yechury also said that the people of India will have to rise together to safeguard the secular democratic foundation and character of the country.
“It is clear that secular democratic forces of the country will have to redouble their efforts in order to safeguard the interest of people and improve people’s livelihood and at the same time to safeguard the secular democratic character of the Indian republic. This redoubling of efforts will have to be made by secular democratic parties and forces,” he said.
Taking on the Congress for reportedly ignoring Indian national developmental inclusive alliance (INDIA) bloc partners during the elections, national council member of CPI and Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Biswam said the outcome of the assembly elections would have been different if the grand old party had the honour the ‘spirit and politics’ of the coalition.
“Election results are eye opener to all. The spirit and politics of INDIA should be understood by everyone, committed to secularism and democracy. Had congress understood this, the results would have been different. CPI proudly states with humility that we fought for the cause of INDIA,” he wrote on social media platform --‘X’.
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