CPM sends out battle cry to defeat BJP

In its draft political resolution released on Tuesday, the CPM said that it is "imperative" to defeat the BJP to isolate communal forces. It claims it should be done by rallying all secular and democratic forces, but without entering into an electoral alliance with the Congress.

"It is imperative to defeat the BJP government in order to isolate the Hindutva communal forces and reverse the anti-people economic policies. Thus, the main task is to defeat the BJP and the allies by rallying all the secular and democratic forces.

However, this has to be done without having an understanding or electoral alliance with the Congress party," the draft resolution said.

The draft also highlighted that the party will try to bring all left and democratic forces together on a concrete programme to conduct a united struggle and joint movements so that the Left and democratic front can emerge.

The CPM has criticised the Congress and the BJP for being the political representatives of the "big bourgeoisie" in the country and said that the party cannot have a tactical line which treats them as allies or partners in a united front.

It, however, noted that since the BJP is in power today, it remains the main threat for the Left party and thus the party cannot have a political line of treating both the BJP and the Congress as "equal dangers".