The CPI today brushed aside senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy's apparent bid to woo it into the Kerala's Congress-led UDF fold, saying the Left party's "commitment" to the LDF is "unquestionable." CPI national executive member Binoy Viswam said it is "unthinkable" for the party to go for a political alliance with the Congress "as long as it remains wedded with the pro-corporate policies of globalisation." He said this a day after former Kerala Chief Minister Chandy hailed the stand taken by the CPI, a key partner in the CPI(M)-led LDF, on the issue of clearing encroachments from the government land and stated that the people still cherish the party's alliance with CPI in Kerala in the 70s.

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Responding to a query on CPI joining hands with the Congress, Viswam told

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