About two months in the past, senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh had known as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan “mundu Modi” and the CPI(M) within the state because the “A” group of BJP. He had additionally argued that the CPI(M) has a distinct view on the nationwide stage.
On Saturday, Ramesh known as CPI(M) high chief Sitaram Yechury a “two-in-one” common secretary — of each CPI(M) and that of Congress.
Ramesh and Yechury — as additionally CPI common secretary D Raja — had been sharing the dais at a seminar organised by RSP to mark its nationwide convention.
All of the leaders agreed that the Opposition ought to combat unitedly towards the Narendra Modi authorities. Yechury lashed out on the BJP authorities and stated that it has taken up building of the Ram temple at Ayodhya like a authorities venture.
Ramesh spoke about Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra stated it was strengthening the get together. He stated the Congress will not be a “Leftist get together” nevertheless it has an “instinctive enchantment” and “instinctive rapport with Left events.
“The Congress is centre-left. Our place is within the centre. We sign proper and switch left generally. Generally, we sign left and switch proper — that has additionally occurred. However we’re not a Left get together. We’re a centrist get together. That has been the power of the Congress get together. It has been capable of convey completely different ideologies underneath its umbrella. However we have now an instinctive enchantment, instinctive rapport with events of the Left,” Ramesh stated.
He additionally stated: “I’m not divulging any secret once I say that fairly often Sitaram Yechury is known as a two-in-one common secretary. He’s common secretary of CPM and common secretary of Congress additionally. And generally…his affect in Congress is greater than in CPM. And the identical factor may be stated about Comrade Raja, who has a particular equation with my Congress management…even when he was an MP…and right now regardless that he isn’t an MP he continues to have that particular relationship.”
Whereas CPI(M) and Congress are bitter rivals in Kerala, the 2 events have fought elections collectively exterior the state: they’d a seat-sharing pact for 2021 West Bengal Meeting polls, and are constituents of coalitions in Assam and Tamil Nadu.
Ramesh’s observations on Saturday got here practically two months after he known as Vijayan “Mundu Modi”, an allegation that the latter was a mundu (dhoti)-wearing Kerala model of Modi. His assault had come after CPI(M) had hit out at Rahul Gandhi for spending 18 days in Kerala as a part of the get together’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and was scheduled to spend just a few days in Uttar Pradesh.
Arguing that CPI(M) in Kerala was the A-team of BJP, Ramesh had stated, “On the nationwide stage, the CPM has a distinct view, however in Kerala, the CPM is doing its finest to encourage the BJP as a result of solely by encouraging the BJP will the CPM reach weakening the Congress in Kerala.”
The Congress chief additionally stated, “Nationally they might have one view of the Congress…however within the context of Kerala, CPM and BJP are two sides of the identical coin.”
On Vijayan, Ramesh had stated, “When it comes to ideology they might say no matter they must say, however when it comes to administration type there may be completely no distinction between the Chief Minister of Kerala and the Prime Minister. They’re an identical…an identical type. The CM of Kerala is mundu Modi. There isn’t any distinction between the 2. They don’t pay attention, they’ve made up their thoughts….”