People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No.
20
May 24, 2009
|
Vol. XXXIII
No.
20 May 24, 2009 |
B Prasant
IN a statement, released at a media briefing
at the
Muzaffar Ahmad Bhavan, in the evening of May 17, 2009 Biman Basu,
Bengal Left Front
chairman and Bengal CPI(M) secretary said that the Congress and its
allies
could achieve success beyond expectation in the 15th Lok Sabha polls
towards
setting up a government at the centre. The Left Front would have
to
contend with unanticipated electoral debacle.
The Left parties in conjunction with the
non-Congress
and non-BJP political allies are promise-bound to carry on struggles
for the
interest of the working masses, the sovereignty of the nation,
secularism and
other alternative policies. The causes behind the defeat of the
CPI(M)
and the Left Front constituents in majority of the seats would be
probed
towards initiating necessary and appropriate remedial measures.
There
will be an all-out effort from all the Left parties in making a success
of this
exercise.
The Left Front would learn the appropriate
lessons
from the verdict of the people of
The Left Front appeals also to its workers
everywhere
and to its sympathisers not to play into any traps of provocation, to
maintain
close links with the people, and to carry forth all
political-organisational
tasks.
The final tally of the election results in
CPI(M) 09
CPI
02
RSP
02
AIFB
02
Total Left Front 15
Trinamul 19
Congress 06
BJP 01
SUCI
01
Combined opposition 27
Biman Basu later told us that it appeared, as
per initial
assessment, that two factors had influenced the electorate: an
all-India swing
in favour of the Congress and its allies, and second, the issue of
formation of
a stable central government. However, detailed review would await
the
report from the districts, stressed the CPI(M) leader.
