Sitaram Yechury | File Photo: PTIKochi: The resignation of E P Jayarajan as the industries minister has boosted the CPM-led government’s image in Kerala, party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said.
The CPM will not object to the legal proceedings initiated against the senior leader, Yechury told Manorama News. The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has been granted all independence on the matter.
It was up to the state government to decide on the VACB director’s offer to quit, Yechury said, adding that there would be no curbs of any kind on investigating agencies. The party would correct any senior leader if he is found to be in the wrong, he said.
No other party would take such a stand when it comes to their leaders, Yechury claimed.
The party would deliberate on all related issues including P K Sreemathi’s recurring fax pas in getting her relatives appointed to public posts.
Yechury said the CPM and the Left Democratic Front government had expressed willingness to bring strife-torn Kannur back to normal, but support from the RSS was not forthcoming.
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It was up to the RSS to decide if peace should prevail in Kannur. They have to make it clear if they were against murder politics, he added.
The people in Kerala will not allow the BJP’s attempts to grow by fomenting communal polarization. Followers of Sree Narayana Guru could never co-exist with BJP’s ideology, he said. Yechury also called upon the SNDP leadership to introspect whether their decision to ally with the BJP was right.
The CPM has realized that it was a mistake to have sided with the Congress in Bengal, he said.
Yechury said no one could ignore the fact that India’s secular fabric was under threat. The party’s opposition to a uniform civil code was based on clear reasons. The code was just a tool for the BJP to roll out their communal agenda, Yechury said, adding that it was important to safeguard women’s rights.
He evaded a question on whether the CPM would support a Congress candidate in the presidential election, by saying that the next president should be someone who upholds secular values.
