Apparently referring to the CPI(M)’s reported bid to get the Kerala Congress (M) into the LDF camp, CPI leader Kanam Rajendran has said the LDF need not be a “ventilator” to those who are in their deathbed. After opening the four-day district committee conference of the party on Friday at Kuttiyadi, the CPI State secretary reiterated the party’s opposition to the KC(M)’s entry into the LDF.
He, however, said those parties which had left the LDF would be welcomed back. He apparently meant the JD(U), which had left the LDF nine years ago and which had last week severed ties with the UDF.
Clear majority
Pointing out that the LDF had a clear majority in the Assembly, Mr. Rajendran said there was no need now to seek outside support. He noted that the LDF alliance was based on a common minimum programme and that the alliance was possible with only parties of the same wavelength. He said though the Left opposed both the United Progressive Alliance and the National Democratic Alliance, the priority now was defeating the Sangh Parivar.
