<p class="title">A recent comment by a CPM MLA, indicating that if the situation demands, he will not hesitate taking Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) help to keep BJP and other right-wing forces at bay, has put the state leadership in a spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soon after the comment by Tanmoy Bhattacharya, the politician in question, the party’s state secretary Surjyajanta Mishra issued a statement warning party workers against claiming that one can counter the TMC by joining forces with the BJP and ally with the BJP to take on the TMC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhattacharya first made the comments during a media interaction and then again stuck to his earlier stand in a Facebook post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There is no such thing as unaccountability in politics. The current issue decides what is the task at hand. Am I wrong?” stated Bhattacharya in his Facebook post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the wake of the controversy, Mishra issued a statement arguing that one can’t counter the TMC or BJP by joining hands with one or the another.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Hindutva fuels communalism and as a result, contributes to the growth of minority fundamentalism. Everyone has to be dedicated to the task of uniting all the secular and democratic forces. There is a dangerous trend of fighting against TMC by joining hands with BJP and fighting against BJP by aligning with TMC to weaken this struggle,” stated Mishra.</p>
<p class="title">A recent comment by a CPM MLA, indicating that if the situation demands, he will not hesitate taking Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) help to keep BJP and other right-wing forces at bay, has put the state leadership in a spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Soon after the comment by Tanmoy Bhattacharya, the politician in question, the party’s state secretary Surjyajanta Mishra issued a statement warning party workers against claiming that one can counter the TMC by joining forces with the BJP and ally with the BJP to take on the TMC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhattacharya first made the comments during a media interaction and then again stuck to his earlier stand in a Facebook post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“There is no such thing as unaccountability in politics. The current issue decides what is the task at hand. Am I wrong?” stated Bhattacharya in his Facebook post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the wake of the controversy, Mishra issued a statement arguing that one can’t counter the TMC or BJP by joining hands with one or the another.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Hindutva fuels communalism and as a result, contributes to the growth of minority fundamentalism. Everyone has to be dedicated to the task of uniting all the secular and democratic forces. There is a dangerous trend of fighting against TMC by joining hands with BJP and fighting against BJP by aligning with TMC to weaken this struggle,” stated Mishra.</p>
