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CPI to begin talks with Congress

By Our Staff Reporter

Pondicherry Dec. 30. R. Nallakannu, secretary, Tamil Nadu unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI), today said his party would open dialogue with the Congress for an alliance for the Lok Sabha poll. He was here to participate in a State-level CPI Committee meeting.

He welcomed the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's decision to quit the National Democratic Alliance and said the CPI was keen on keeping at bay the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the Lok Sabha polls. To ensure this, an alliance with secular and other like-minded parties would be an effective arrangement, he said.

Mr. Nallakannu charged the AIADMK with zealously implementing the policies of the BJP. Hence the need to ensure the defeat of the BJP and the AIADMK which were adopting `anti-people policies.'

The CPI leader ruled out the possibility of formation a third front in the polls.

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