As crisis continues, in a bad time Karat-lobby pushes CPI(M) to an costly adventure
KOLKATA :As to be or not to be – Hamletian fix continues within, humiliation of party general secretary Sitaram Yechury goes on, Karat and Kerala lobby likely to take the party to a political valley of no returns.
Though after yesterday’s ideological defeat Yechury wanted to quit but party asked him to continue till Hyderabad Party Congress in this April, “Karat following an old party tradition of disruptionist tactics in a bad political time for party, thus created a situation likely to turn out as an expensive misadventure,’’ said a party veteran.
Ironically, CPI(M), a Stalinist outfit, though “Russians now prefer undemocratic Putin and on its hundred years forgot Bolshevik Revolution, “Karat seems to have sought a fake self-glorification in Bolshevik style which CPI(M) has been following,’’ said a well known Left historian.
As for example, he objected to Jyoti Basu’s caution to party before withdrawing support from Morarji-led Janata Party Government, it only paved the comeback of Indira Gandhi,’’ he added.
According to analysts, it’s no more an easy political situation now when one relives the old crisis situation, especially in West Bengal where party even doesn’t know what would come at last from Karat’s experiment as BJP’s polling percentage is going up.
It’s almost sending a similar message to Tripura comrades and party cardres where BJP fixed a target line and talk of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s affluent life-style became talk of the town. “Karat may prove he’s right, but Tripura and Bengal don’t enjoy Party’s Kerala advantage,’’ feel Allimuddin Street.
Instead if means a road map to get worked out he should have asked Congress to internally democratize the party and ask for some senior leader who’s as learned as Dr Manmohan Singh,’’ another senior party leader from Kolkata said.
Yechury might go, a Karat nominated man might come, but an aggressive neo-BJP’s open market economy reform will not go which actually blotched up Left,’’ he added, saying,“Karat’s arrogance may politically prove very expensive.’’
