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Cong returned on left-pushed measures
India Blooms News Service
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Polit Bureau today said the success of the Congress in the just concluded general elections were because of some of the measures adopted by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime under the pressure of the left.
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“What stood the Congress in good stead were some of the measures adopted by the UPA government like the NREGA, the Forest Tribal Act and other social welfare measures which were pushed through under Left pressure,” the Polit Bureau said.
“The Congress party also gained more support amongst the minorities and sections of secular minded people who were keen to ensure that the BJP does not make a comeback,” it said.
“The BJP has been rejected by the people as it could not offer anything beyond its communal agenda combined with rightwing economic policies which the people had already spurned in 2004.
“The rabid communal rhetoric of the likes of Varun Gandhi and Narendra Modi dominated its election campaign.,” it said.
The Polit Bureau said the Left parties had allied with certain non-Congress, non-BJP parties in various states because it was required so that a secular electoral alternative emerged.
“However, these alliances forged in some states on the eve of the elections were not seen by the people as a credible and viable alternative at the national level,” it said.
It said the serious reverses suffered by the CPI(M) and the Left parties in West Bengal and Kerala are of deep concern.
“The CPI(M) has lost 25 sitting seats from these two states. The CPI(M) has won 16 seats with a vote share of 5.52 per cent which is marginally less than the 5.66 per cent it got in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.
“There should be a serious examination of the reasons for these reverses. Both national and state specific factors are responsible for the poor performance,” it said.
The Polit Bureau said a self-critical review will be conducted by the concerned state committees and the Central Committee which should form the basis for corrective steps. The Party will make all out efforts to regain the support and confidence of those sections of the people who have been alienated, it said.
The Polit Bureau congratulated the people of Tripura for giving a massive victory to the two CPI(M)-Left Front candidates for the Lok Sabha. It is remarkable that the Left Front could establish a lead in all the 60 assembly segments of the state.
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