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Saying it with flowers: Children welcome Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary, at a public meeting in Coimbatore on Wednesday. Coimbatore: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led combine will effectively fight the “communal combine” in the State led by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Mr. Karat was addressing a public meeting organised by the party in the city for handing over the funds mobilised for the party’s 19th Congress in Coimbatore in March. Opportunistic allianceWith AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa hosting a lunch for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the parties were likely to come together, he said, adding that political parties, including Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh and Asom Gana Parishad, that aligned with the communal BJP in the past for opportunistic reasons had learnt a lesson. He flayed the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre for its “anti-people” economic policies, which . had only made one per cent of the population richer while the rest continued to reel under poverty and unemployment. The Congress in its efforts to sign a nuclear agreement with the United States had endangered national sovereignty. This resulted in India foregoing its independent foreign policy. Nuclear dealHe said as long as the CPI(M)-supported UPA Government remained in office, the nuclear agreement would not be allowed. The party was willing to have the agreement signed with the US provided it was ready to have a joint agreement with the like-minded countries such as Russia and France with India having its own independent foreign policy not favouring the US interests. The CPI(M)’s pressure on the UPA Government helped stop privatisation of public sector undertakings. It could also stop entry of multinational companies and US firms into the retail market. He expressed displeasure at the failure of the Government to keep prices of essential commodities under control. Imperialistic policiesThe BJP during its tenure from 1998 to 2004 pursued imperialistic policies by terming the US as a natural ally and the UPA today was following the same policies. The CPI(M) was confident of a successful third alternative political platform for non-Congress and secular parties, since the people had already seen the two alliances led by the BJP as well as the Congress. He also made it clear that the dreams of BJP to come to power in the next Lok Sabha elections would not materialise. He added that the people in the BJP-ruled States would throw them out of power, since they were fed up with its governance. While the Left continuously fought to redress the problems of the people, the BJP was raking up communal issues.
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