Sitaram Yechury on plenum eve: CPM must adopt flexible tactics

Yechury, in a write-up in party mouthpiece People’s Democracy, has argued that the new tactical line of the party gives importance to united fronts in the process of forging the Left democratic front.

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“The revolutionary tactics of the United Front have always emphasised the need to combine the principles of unity and struggle i.e. using conflicts within sections of the ruling class parties while uniting with some of them to achieve our immediate objectives and simultaneously strengthen struggles against the anti-people, anti-working class policies pursued by these very parties,” he said.

He said the revised approach also says CPM “must adopt flexible tactics to meet swift changes in the political situation”. He said CPM’s challenges include “persistent weaknesses in terms of stagnation…in the strength of our party and mass organisation membership, its uneven composition and a sharp decline in our party’s electoral strength”.