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The Economic Times
Monday, December 14, 2009
Less than seven months after sharing dais with Abdul Nassar Madani's
People's Democratic Party (PDP), CPM is washing its hands off the
outfit.
Under attack for its tie-up with Madani's party in the Lok Sabha
polls, CPM has gone into regret mode and is frantically pledging to
keep off "extremist" parties in future. CPM has found itself in an
embarrassing situation following reports of the involvement of the
PDP leader's wife Sufiya Madani in the Kalamassery bus-burning case
in 2005, choreographed by Lashkar e Taiba's South India commander
Thadiyentevide Nazeer.
A day after CPM polit bureau member M K Pandhe distanced the LDF from
PDP, CPI leader and Kerala's forest minister Binoy Viswam on Sunday
said the front should not have any ties with "communal and extremist
parties". CPI state secretary Veliam Bhargawan also reminded the ally
that his party had expressed serious reservation over the "alliance"
with Madani.
Mr Pandhe had admitted that the party committed a mistake by sharing
dais with PDP during the Lok Sabha election campaign. Mr Pandhe had
also said that after the poll rout, the party central committee also
ruled out any alliance with PDP. CPM's determined stand on backing
the Left's independent candidate in Ponnani seat had caused a rift
within the LDF with CPI and RSP disapproving the strategy.
CPM has been denying that it had any alliance with PDP, which is not
a LDF partner. At Ponnani, Pinarayi Vijayan and Madani shared a LDF
dias and solicited votes for a CPM-backed independent candidate.
In the wake of reports on the role of Madani's wife in the torching
of Tamil Nadu transport Corporation bus, the Congress and BJP have
been attacking CPM in Kerala for its ties with the PDP during the
last Lok Sabha elections.
Senior Congress leader Aryadan Muhammad said the CPM-PDP tie-up had
helped "dilute" the case against Sufiya Madani. He said Kerala police
made Sufiya an accused in the case based on the statement of LeT
operative T Nazir, a key accused in the bus burning case.
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