New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, CPI general secretary M A Baby on Friday said the dispute with the CPI over the deputy LoP post in the Keralam Assembly would be resolved through discussions between the two parties’ state leaderships.
“That was a statement made while explaining matters related to a specific constituency. In the State Committee document, which Comrade Pinarayi Vijayan and all other leaders sat together to approve, there is self-criticism. There is self-criticism in the Central Committee document as well. “When Sonam Wangchuk arrived, Comrade Brinda Karat and I were among the very first political party representatives to reach there and declare our support.
Therefore, regarding all the issues CJP raises that affect the region and the people, the approach will be to cooperate and work together,” he said.
That is the general approach of the party,” he said. Baby also said the CPI and its student wing SFI would cooperate and act on all issues raised by the Cockroach Janata Party that affect youth, students and people.
“In Keralam, regarding the position of the deputy leader of the opposition, certain discussions are taking place. “There is no hindrance. In fact, the way the UDF and the chief minister are functioning, it is as if they are saying, ‘Even without the need for an opposition, we are ready to be pushed out ourselves. That is the manner in which the CM and the UDF are proceeding.
What is understood from them is that leaders of the CPI and CPI in Keralam will discuss and find a resolution to it,” he said. Asked about the dispute continuing for the past four months, Baby said it had not affected the LDF’s ability to function as an effective opposition. But the opposition will do its job as an opposition,” he said. On the Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan’s remarks blaming voters in the Payyannur and Thaliparamba constituencies for the LDF’s defeat, Baby said it was a media interpretation.
