CPI(M) favours a ‘non-Congress, anti-BJP’ Govt

“A non-Congress anti-BJP third political alternative, based on an alternative policy direction, is the need of the hour,” he said. His statement came days after the Left parties and the UNPA announced a week-long nationwide protest from April 16 against the government’s “failure” to tame inflation.

The two groupings have also cautioned the Congress-led coalition that it might have to pay a “heavy political price” for the spiralling prices. In the editorial, Yechury said “the trajectory of neo-liberal economic reforms pursued by the Indian ruling classes in the last two decades has resulted in the rapid growth of economic inequalities, imposing miseries on our vast millions.

“The hiatus between the ‘shining’ and ‘suffering’ India has been growing.”