Congress must safeguard its MLAs in Karnataka from being poached by BJP: CPI(M) 

The CPI(M) state secretary moreover acknowledged the Congress must take care of deciding on a Chief Minister and cabinet ministers for Karnataka.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Monday took a veiled dig on the Congress by asking it to safeguard its newly elected Karnataka MLAs from being poached by the BJP as was allegedly carried out by the saffron get collectively in Goa amidst the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Terming the Congress as being weak and incapable of taking up the BJP by itself, the CPI(M) batted for a state-wise alliance to defeat the saffron get collectively inside the 2024 primary elections.

“A national-level alliance will not be helpful. We need to unite all the anti-BJP groups at the state-level and defeat the BJP in each state. That is the only way forward,” CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan acknowledged.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had advisable the identical method a day previously.

Govindan acknowledged the competitors that Congress was the one get collectively capable of taking up the BJP was “only an argument”.

“Everyone who knows Congress knows that Karnataka was the only state where they could contest polls effectively. The other states where they can are Gujarat, Rajasthan and some similar states. But there too, the Congress is in a weak position. Even now, they have internal conflicts,” he contended.

The CPI(M) state secretary acknowledged the Congress must take care of deciding on a Chief Minister and cabinet ministers for Karnataka whereas remaining cautious and vigilant in opposition to any alleged makes an try by the BJP to poach their MLAs.

“Everyone knows that the BJP has the wherewithal to buy MLAs. It happened in Goa amidst the then ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra,” he acknowledged.

The CPI(M) chief was referring to the crossing over of eight of the 11 Congress MLAs in Goa in September last 12 months to the ruling BJP inside the western state merely months after the Assembly elections had been held there.

Govindan asserted that the BJP was an important threat and the people want to defeat it.

Therefore, all anti-BJP groups ought to return collectively to defeat it as one, he acknowledged.

Govindan’s assertion is in distinction to his get collectively colleague and Fisheries Minister Saji Cheriyan’s view that Congress was one in every of many strongest occasions in India and there was nothing unsuitable with asking them to return again forward inside the battle in opposition to BJP.

“Let them lead from the front,” he acknowledged and on the an identical time added that he does not agree with the Congress’ stand on quite a few factors in Kerala.

“However, to ensure secularism in the country, they need to be at the forefront. There is no argument on that,” he had acknowledged.