Pact with Congress a deviation, says Polit Bureau

May 31, 2016 01:20 am | Updated November 17, 2021 01:46 am IST - NEW DELHI:

Weeks after its defeat in West Bengal, the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) said here in a statement that the seat adjustment with the Congress there was not in consonance with the line of the Central Committee.

“With regard to the electoral tactics pursued by the CPI(M) in various states, the electoral tactics evolved in West Bengal was not in consonance with the Central Committee decision based on the political-tactical line of the Party which states that there shall be no alliance or understanding with the Congress party,” the statement, issued after the two-day meet of the Polit Bureau, said.

Just after the election results, the party had said in a press release that it would probe the tactical line adopted by the Bengal committee.

The Central Committee will meet from June 18 to 20 and, a senior leader said, be in a better position to formulate a clearer picture of the party’s performance.

The Polit Bureau expressed concern over the attacks on opposition parties, including the CPI(M), in Bengal.

While saluting the people of Kerala for reposing their faith in the LDF, the Polit Bureau hit out at the NDA government at the Centre, calling it an economic disaster till now.

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