The Left parties in the country are set to meet here to establish political coordination between the four-party Left Front and groups outside their fold.
On November 1, leaders of the Left Front, comprising the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), will meet at AKG Bhavan, the CPI(M) headquarters here, along with those of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [SUCI(C)] and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) –Liberation [CPI(ML)L].
The latter two have an MLA each in West Bengal and Jharkhand. In the Lok Sabha polls this year, the RSP won its only seat from Kollam in Kerala by allying with the Congress-led United Democratic Front.
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On November 2, at the CPI’s Ajoy Bhavan Headquarters, myriad Communist groups ranging from the far-Left revolutionary communist factions to Left Front allies, such as the Peasants and Workers Party, are scheduled to meet. These groups, which broadly adhere to communism despite fratricidal clashes among themselves, are being brought together by retired Major-General S.G. Vombatkere, a Mysore-based human rights activist.
CPI MP D. Raja told this paper on Sunday that the coming together was the need of the hour in the event of the ascent of Hindutva forces. “Modi coming to power is not merely a change of government. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates have become more aggressive and it is the historic responsibility of communists to defeat them,” he said.