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  Metros   Kolkata  15 Apr 2019  BJP, Trinamul engaged in competitive communalism: Sitaram Yechury

BJP, Trinamul engaged in competitive communalism: Sitaram Yechury

THE ASIAN AGE. | RAJIB CHOWDHURI
Published : Apr 15, 2019, 1:07 am IST
Updated : Apr 15, 2019, 1:07 am IST

Bengal is focused more on Ram Navami and the competitive communalism between the BJP and Trinamul.

Devotees take part in a religious procession to mark the Ram Navami festival in Siliguri on Sunday. Ram Navami is a spring Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of the deity Rama. (Photo: AFP)
 Devotees take part in a religious procession to mark the Ram Navami festival in Siliguri on Sunday. Ram Navami is a spring Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of the deity Rama. (Photo: AFP)

Kolkata: Accusing the BJP and Trinamul Congress of playing “competitive communalism” over Ram Navami celebration in West Bengal CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday saw an “ominous sign” in what he described as a “mutual feeding of each other” and “tacit understanding” between the two parties in the Lok Sabha Elections.

At the state CPI(M) headquarters. Mr Yechury said, “This Baishakhi is being observed as a mark of respect to the victims of  Jallianwala Bagh massacre all over the country. One would have expected, apart from the CPI(M) and Left, that people would be mobilised in Bengal for such an important event.”

He noted, “Unfortuantely it has been missed out and Bengal is focused more on Ram Navami and the competitive communalism between the BJP and Trinamul. Yesterday I was in Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling constituencies of North Bengal. There appears to be a mutual feeding of each other. This is a very ominous sign for Bengal because this sort of competitive communalism is going to erase any democractic civil activity.”

The CPI(M) general secretary claimed, “There is some sort of an understanding that is evolving because ideologically and in terms of objectives, it suits both the Trinamul and BJP to have each other as adversary because they feed each other.

“The greater communal polarisation from one end will feed the communal polarisation on the other. This has always been the problem among the communal forces.”

Taking a dig at the Trinamul and BJP, he added, “Even in the election I would not be surprised to see some degree of tacit understanding between the two. So our  appeal to the people is to realise the gravity in the country and Bengal. This is something they must guard against. A vote to either of them will actually help them in totality. It is is acutally going to strengthen the both. It is absolutely counter-productive.”

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