Kolkata, The Left-Congress alliance in Bengal will work much better this time than similar efforts made during the 2021 state elections and the 2021 parliamentary elections because the electoral pact will be "scientifically worked out" from the bottom up rather than from the top down. it was done. CPI(M) politburo member and party state secretary Mohammad Salim claimed.
Salim himself is leading the Left-Congress alliance against BJ and TMC as a candidate from Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat, which went to polls during the third phase of voting on May 8.
And if rumors doing the rounds at the grassroots level are to be believed that voting has already taken place on 10 seats in North Bengal, then Salim Ma has a point about how the Left-Congress alliance will fare. 42 parliamentary seats in the state Out of these, Congress is supporting the Left parties in 30 seats, while the opposite is happening in the remaining 12 seats.Of the 30 seats the Left Front is contesting, 23 candidates are from CPI(M). While the rest is shared between front partners CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP.
Of those 23 CPI(M) candidates, an overwhelming majority of 20 are new faces in the parliamentary elections.
“Experience is the best teacher,” Salim said in an interview, adding, “The results of the 2023 panchayat elections and the state elections two years before that have taught leaders and grassroots workers that the only way to fight the extreme right is through There is a way.” The country has an electoral system to the left of the center for the pseudo-secular corrupt system of forces and state.Salim's logic behind the alliance move was clear, "United we stand, divided we fall."
The Left did not win any seats in both the 2019 and 2021 editions in the state, leading political pundits to sound its death knell, but the Left-Congress alliance made a surprise comeback in significant parts of Bengal during the rural body elections. Managed to oust BJP and Trinamool from their respective number two positions and at some places even from number one. “To those who were trying to write the Left's logo in Bengal and the rest of the country, I say to them That he might have spoken too soon. Salim said, 'Resurgence is our keyword currently.,
Despite the ISF, one of the 2021 alliance partners, quitting it on the grounds of 'disgraceful seat offer', it managed to first bring all Left constituents on board and then, hammer out the final seat-sharing formula with state Congress leaders. A complex process took place. Almost silently before the vote, very few people had any real inkling of what was happening behind closed doors and carefully guarded phone calls at the portly headquarters.
“The formula was data-based, based on the organizational strength of the parties and the winnability of the candidates on the respective seats. We carefully considered who should contest from where in the best interest of both the partners, Salim revealed. He said the Left leadership has only given its nod to the instinctive desire for an alliance to emerge from the base.“The adjustment of seats with the Congress happened not because any person or party wanted so, but because it was the will of the people. “Our grassroots workers are happy to see leaders resonating at the same frequency as the heartbeat of their supporters,” the leader said.
Asked why his party decided to break tradition and field a Politburo member like him as a candidate, the tradition was that top leaders generally took the back seat in elections. “For the Left, the political battle in the elections has gone further,” Salim said. An ideological war against right-wing forces who want to destroy the secular democratic structure of this country. Therefore, the need of the hour is to lead the fight from the front.The leader highlighted his party's policy of bringing forward the next generation of leadership with the aim of building a "revitalized Left".
“Out of our 23 candidates, only three are experienced. Our idea is to focus on the potential talents who we expect to lead Bengal politics in the next two decades, Salim said when asked if he had anything to show that the plan would actually work. Apparachi asserted, “You need not look further than our Brigade Parade Ground rally in Kolkata and the mobilization we were able to do at other places. Our youth wing. Despite the ban on student body elections in colleges, wherever students have managed to hold elections, the story is without exception one of Left resurgence.Salim stressed on calling the alliance a “playbook” whose cards he keeps close to his chest. “The future of this mutual cooperation will depend on the evolving political situation in the state and the country. There are many emerging stories and developing issues in the political arena and our success in presenting an alternative perspective to the dominant discourse will inspire more people, parties and social organizations to come together in a spirit of unity. This is what we want to achieve,'' he said. However, Salim said he is confident that the BJP will eventually die out in Bengal.“BJP was never meant for Bengal. It got emphasis on the anti-incumbency wave of TMC and the growing disillusionment towards Mamata Banerjee. And on the fact that people could not trust the left as a viable alternative. I am changing all this rapidly,'' he said, claiming the 'homecoming' of the Left support base in the state. He asserted that BJP supporters have also left the party since the CAA-NR "hoax" was exposed. Interest in is decreasing rapidly.
Salim himself is leading the Left-Congress alliance against BJ and TMC as a candidate from Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat, which went to polls during the third phase of voting on May 8.
And if rumors doing the rounds at the grassroots level are to be believed that voting has already taken place on 10 seats in North Bengal, then Salim Ma has a point about how the Left-Congress alliance will fare. 42 parliamentary seats in the state Out of these, Congress is supporting the Left parties in 30 seats, while the opposite is happening in the remaining 12 seats.Of the 30 seats the Left Front is contesting, 23 candidates are from CPI(M). While the rest is shared between front partners CPI, Forward Bloc and RSP.
Of those 23 CPI(M) candidates, an overwhelming majority of 20 are new faces in the parliamentary elections.
“Experience is the best teacher,” Salim said in an interview, adding, “The results of the 2023 panchayat elections and the state elections two years before that have taught leaders and grassroots workers that the only way to fight the extreme right is through There is a way.” The country has an electoral system to the left of the center for the pseudo-secular corrupt system of forces and state.Salim's logic behind the alliance move was clear, "United we stand, divided we fall."
The Left did not win any seats in both the 2019 and 2021 editions in the state, leading political pundits to sound its death knell, but the Left-Congress alliance made a surprise comeback in significant parts of Bengal during the rural body elections. Managed to oust BJP and Trinamool from their respective number two positions and at some places even from number one. “To those who were trying to write the Left's logo in Bengal and the rest of the country, I say to them That he might have spoken too soon. Salim said, 'Resurgence is our keyword currently.,
Despite the ISF, one of the 2021 alliance partners, quitting it on the grounds of 'disgraceful seat offer', it managed to first bring all Left constituents on board and then, hammer out the final seat-sharing formula with state Congress leaders. A complex process took place. Almost silently before the vote, very few people had any real inkling of what was happening behind closed doors and carefully guarded phone calls at the portly headquarters.
“The formula was data-based, based on the organizational strength of the parties and the winnability of the candidates on the respective seats. We carefully considered who should contest from where in the best interest of both the partners, Salim revealed. He said the Left leadership has only given its nod to the instinctive desire for an alliance to emerge from the base.“The adjustment of seats with the Congress happened not because any person or party wanted so, but because it was the will of the people. “Our grassroots workers are happy to see leaders resonating at the same frequency as the heartbeat of their supporters,” the leader said.
Asked why his party decided to break tradition and field a Politburo member like him as a candidate, the tradition was that top leaders generally took the back seat in elections. “For the Left, the political battle in the elections has gone further,” Salim said. An ideological war against right-wing forces who want to destroy the secular democratic structure of this country. Therefore, the need of the hour is to lead the fight from the front.The leader highlighted his party's policy of bringing forward the next generation of leadership with the aim of building a "revitalized Left".
“Out of our 23 candidates, only three are experienced. Our idea is to focus on the potential talents who we expect to lead Bengal politics in the next two decades, Salim said when asked if he had anything to show that the plan would actually work. Apparachi asserted, “You need not look further than our Brigade Parade Ground rally in Kolkata and the mobilization we were able to do at other places. Our youth wing. Despite the ban on student body elections in colleges, wherever students have managed to hold elections, the story is without exception one of Left resurgence.Salim stressed on calling the alliance a “playbook” whose cards he keeps close to his chest. “The future of this mutual cooperation will depend on the evolving political situation in the state and the country. There are many emerging stories and developing issues in the political arena and our success in presenting an alternative perspective to the dominant discourse will inspire more people, parties and social organizations to come together in a spirit of unity. This is what we want to achieve,'' he said. However, Salim said he is confident that the BJP will eventually die out in Bengal.“BJP was never meant for Bengal. It got emphasis on the anti-incumbency wave of TMC and the growing disillusionment towards Mamata Banerjee. And on the fact that people could not trust the left as a viable alternative. I am changing all this rapidly,'' he said, claiming the 'homecoming' of the Left support base in the state. He asserted that BJP supporters have also left the party since the CAA-NR "hoax" was exposed. Interest in is decreasing rapidly.
