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CALCUTTA, Jan 3: Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu today ruled out forging a front with the Congress in the current political situation, but urged the party to 8220;consider anew8221; CPIM8217;s issue-based support to it as the only alternative to the ruling BJP-led coalition at the Centre.
8220;Though we CPI-M are a small political party, we have greater political responsibility in the present national situation,8221; Basu said, addressing the 32nd anniversary celebrations of CPIM daily Ganashakti here.
Despite the Congress leadership8217;s declared stand of not initiating any move to destabilise the Vajpayee Government, the octogenarian West Bengal Chief Minister maintained his party8217;s issue-based support offer to the Congress 8220;to form a Government at the Centre as the lone alternative and intermediate step in the present political situation.8221;
8220;It is my firm conviction that there is no alternative to what we have offered to the Congress, since the Vajpayee Government will crumble as a fallout of internal feudsamong coalition partners,8221; Basu asserted.
Basu, who came down heavily on the BJP-led coalition for bringing the nation 8220;to the brink of collapse8221; with its 8220;disastrous8221; policies, alleged that 8220;this uncivilised and barbaric Government at the Centre is out to dismember India.8221;
