Kolkata: Trinamool Congress might be their main political rival in West Bengal. For CPI(M), BJP is their main political opponent at the national level. CPI(M)'s all India general secretary, Sitaram Yechury made this clear at Kolkata on Friday.
Addressing media persons here on Friday, Yechury clearly said that his party has no objections being a part of any anti-BJP and secular platform to counter the saffron camp and its associates at the national level.
In fact, his soft stand towards Trinamool Congress on this count became obvious as he sternly criticized the attack on the convoy of the Trinamool Congress's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee allegedly by BJP activists at Tripura.
The state leadership of CPI(M) seems to be in a somber mood. Already, they have been lambasted by the party's central leadership because of the party's wrong strategy of equating BJP and Trinamool Congress in the recently concluded West Bengal polls.
Central leaders like Yechury and his predecessor, Prakash Karat feel that this slogan of equating BJP with Trinamool that was launched by the party's state headquarter in Kolkata ultimately resulted into a disaster since it couldn't fetch even one seat for Left Front in the state.
Although Yechury criticized the attack on Abhishek Banerjee's convoy, he cautiously dodged the question on the possibilities of a tacit understanding between Trinamool Congress and Left Front in Tripura. "The Ganges water keeps on flowing. First, Trinamool Congress should come clear on its stand. At the same time there is a lot of time for the Tripura assembly elections. So there is no point discussing this issue right at this moment," Yechury said.
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Now the question automatically arises whether AG Gopalan Bhavan in New Delhi is ultimately hinting at a tacit understanding with Trinamool Congress at the national level? Some other questions have also become pertinent. What will be the future of the United Front of Congress, Left Front and Abbas Siddique- floated ISF? Whether closeness between Trinamool and Left Front will be acceptable for ISF?
Yechury clearly states that the concept of United Front Alliance in West Bengal has totally lost its relevance now. "Alliance happens over the prevailing political situations at the point of time. It has to be debated whether the perspective with which the alliance was formed before the polls is still relevant or not," he said.
From these comments it becomes clear that the Left Front is not serious about going ahead with the three- way alliance which they formed before the polls.
Officially, the CPI(M)'s central leadership has left the decision to its state unit to decide whether this alliance will continue in future or not. Recently, West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed several times that on the issue of countering BJP, the Left Parties should make their stand clear. May be, Yechury's comments on Friday could be taken as a hint by Trinamool leadership.
