India News | CPI Party Congress Has Become 'anti-Congress Convention', Alleges Satheesan
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan on Friday came down heavily on the ongoing CPI(M) party congress in Kannur charging that the event has just become an "anti-Congress convention" in total and the discussions progressing there was how to defeat the Congress and help the BJP.
Kottayam (Kerala), Apr 8 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan on Friday came down heavily on the ongoing CPI(M) party congress in Kannur charging that the event has just become an "anti-Congress convention" in total and the discussions progressing there was how to defeat the Congress and help the BJP.
Also Read | Kerala: Three Booked for Murder Bid on Youth in Kochi.
He even charged that the state CPI(M) is putting pressure on its central leadership to take a stand that there would be no alliance with the Congress at any cost and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan gave an assurance to the BJP in this regard.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not give sanction for the SilverLine project if the CPI(M) stands by the Congress. Therefore, there is an understanding between the CPI(M) leaders in Kerala and the BJP-Sangh Parivar leadership at the Centre that the Marxist party will not have any alliance with the Congress," Satheesan told reporters here.
The Opposition leader alleged that Vijayan has assured the BJP leadership that no decision would be taken at the party congress to isolate the saffron party at the national level and unite the Congress and Left parties.
The Congress leader's statement came a day after the CPI(M) offered asylum to senior Congress leader K V Thomas, who is facing expulsion threat from his party for his decision to participate in a seminar organised by the Left party in Kannur.
Welcoming Thomas' announcement, CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had said the senior Congress leader would not be left in the lurch if he is expelled from the Congress.
Satheesan said the old Marxist party men were the ones who wanted to defeat the Congress by joining hands with "any devil" and their present descendants want the BJP to win even if the Congress collapses.
"The ongoing party congress of the CPI(M) has just become an anti-Congress convention," he alleged.
When asked about Thomas' participation in the CPI(M) seminar, he said the KPCC would take an appropriate decision on the action to be taken against him.
The senior leader has a moral responsibility to obey the party's directive, Satheesan added.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)