There is need for Left parties, which are slowly being influenced by corporate companies, to do some soul-searching, says Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) general secretary T.J. Chandrachoodan.
He was speaking while formally launching a souvenir to mark the birth centenary of RSP leader Baby John on Monday. Prof. Chandrachoodan said the Left parties were beginning to show signs of abandoning their founding ideals to cater to the interests of corporate giants.
“Our policies are being adapted to facilitate the business interests of such firms. We have in a manner become ‘mini-corporates’ that do not hesitate to convert paddy fields for the so-called development, even if such measures proved detrimental to the interests of farmers,” he said. The lack of unity among the Left parties also resulted in their gradual weakening, he said. “Among the various other reasons, the raging debate for the need to enter into an alliance with the Congress is sparked by the inability of the Left to stand on its own under the circumstances that prevailed. The situation is a far cry from when the E.M.S. Namboodiripad Ministry came into power in 1957, when we were a united front and required no support. Schism that currently prevailed within the Left parties have made them lose focus of their goals,” Prof. Chandrachoodan said.
The RSP leader also raised concerns over attempts to undermine the judiciary. Prof. Chandrachoodan presented the first copy of the souvenir to veteran journalist K.G. Parameswaran Nair. RSP State secretary A.A. Azeez presided over the function.
