If a proposal (from CPM) comes, she said, “we will discuss it. I will place the proposal before the party. There are several levels in our party and it has to be discussed.”Summary
I have kept the options open. No one is politically untouchable. If opportunity comes, we will consider an alliance, she said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday indicated that in her fight against the BJP, she was not averse to an alliance with the CPM and said that in politics and democracy “nobody is untouchable”.
“I have kept the options open. No one is politically untouchable. If opportunity comes, we will consider an alliance,” Mamata, also the Trinamool Congress chief, said in an interview on TV channel 24 Ghanta. If a proposal (from CPM) comes, she said, “we will discuss it. I will place the proposal before the party. There are several levels in our party and it has to be discussed.”
Congratulating Nitish Kumar (JD-U) and Lalu Prasad (RJD) for win in the recent bypolls in Bihar, she said, “Had they allied before the Lok Sabha polls, they would have got all the seats there. I believe that nobody is untouchable in politics. We also allied with the SUCI during the Assembly election.”
Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly and CPM politburo member Suryakanta Mishra, however, wanted her to apologise for “her earlier mistakes” before she joins the battle for secularism against the BJP. “A battle for secularism has to be started. If she wants to join that battle, she has to admit her earlier mistakes like allying with the BJP and sending flowers to (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi. She has to further restore democracy in Bengal. Those are the preconditions of starting the battle,” Mishra said.
He said, the CPM cannot forget that she brought the BJP to Bengal. “She is the reason for BJP’s existence here. She never fought the battle for secularism with principles. If democracy is attacked, then secularism is also attacked,” Mishra added.
In her interview, Mamata termed the BJP as “political pollution”. “I am not worried about the BJP. Let them get five seats first in the Assembly elections, then they may talk about 294 seats. I worked with the party for (Atal Bihari) Vajpayeeji. But now they do not respect him. They have thrown (L K) Advaniji out. And there is a new leadership. They are trying to create communal tension. They do not know how to win people’s hearts,” she added.
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