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"CPI(M) will not withdraw support to Centre"

Staff Reporter

THRISSUR: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala has said that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) will not have the courage to withdraw support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre, notwithstanding the frequent threats of the leaders of that party.

Replying to questions at a press conference here on Friday, Mr. Chennithala said if the CPI(M) leaders decided to withdraw support to the UPA Government, it would become clear that they were trying to help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said the CPI(M) was already helping the BJP by frequently trying to discredit and destabilise the UPA Government with unwarranted criticisms.

Mr. Chennithala alleged that the CPI(M) was encouraging extremist and communal groups such as the PDP and Jamaat-e-Islami. The CPI(M) leaders had described such groups as fundamentalists and communal extremists. Therefore, the party should explain on what basis they had decided to tie up with such groups, Mr. Chennithala said.

He said the CPI(M) should clarify on the reports of party leader T. K. Hamsa meeting PDP leader Abdul Nasir Maudany in Coimbatore jail. The party should make public what transpired between Mr. Hamsa and Mr. Maudany.

On the allegations levelled against CPI(M) candidate in Kunnamkulam Babu Palissery, the KPCC president said, ``I am surprised how CPI(M) leaders like Leader of the Opposition V. S. Achuthanandan can talk against mafia and criminal gangs after giving party ticket to person having links with such gangs.''

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