JOIN USThe CPM will go into seat sharing in 2014 elections with secular parties in important north Indian states. Despite the fact that most of the parties have been denying such a possibility, the CPM move can be interpreted as a step towards forming a third front ahead of the polls.
In its statement on Monday, the party has said, “The seats to be contested by the party have been finalised in many states, which include Assam, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Electoral understanding and seat adjustments with some secular opposition parties are also being explored in certain states.”
However, the party is silent over the number of seats it intends to contest.
The party attributes the success of the BJP in Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the bipolar political situation. It acknowledges the success of the Aam Aadmi Party and concludes that wherever there are alternatives to the BJP and the Congress, people will vote for it.
“The lesson from the Delhi election is that where there is a viable alternative to the Congress and the BJP, the people have extended support to it. This explains the success of the Aam Aadmi Party which was able to win 28 seats,” it said.
“The beneficiary of the anti-Congress mood among the people in many states will be the non-Congress, non-BJP parties, which include the Left parties,” it added.
Though most of the non-BJP and non-Congress parties have been maintaining that any such front could be formed only after elections, it is most likely that the CPM will have seat-sharing arrangement with Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal-United, Janata Dal-Secular and Biju Janata Dal.
The AAP can be included in the list keeping in view the admiration the party has been showing to newly born political party. However, nothing is clear as yet.