Left suffering from ‘Stockholm syndrome’, says Cong

The Congress said that Left parties want to ‘destabilise the entire politics and democracy’ of the country.

With trading of accusations and counter-accusations with the Left getting sharper ahead of the trust vote, the Congress on Friday charged them with suffering from ‘Stockholm syndrome’.

“They are suffering from the Stockholm syndrome, enjoying, even while they are suffering,” Congress media department chief M Veerappa Moily said, asking the Left to come out of this.

“The Left seem to have adopted a destructive role. I appeal to them to play a positive role,” said Moily.

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Referring to an editorial in the CPM mouthpiece which said the Left party would do ‘anything’ to prevent the nuclear deal and the UPA government getting the numbers, Moily said, “what do they mean by anything, horse-trading. They are compromising the interests of the country”.

He said, “even if the numbers of NDA, Left and the Bahujan Samaj Party are combined, they are no way close to the halfway mark”.

Moily said these parties want to ‘destabilise the entire politics and democracy’ of the country.

Accusing the BJP of following a communal agenda, Moily alleged that the Left has joined the bandwagon.

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Attacking the Left, the Congress leader asked, “we want to know from Prakash Karat as to when did the Left join the BJP family.”

Referring to the meeting between the Left leaders and BSP chief Mayawati, he said the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister was facing charges before the Supreme Court. “Karat goes there and meets her. Is there no morality involved here?” asked Moily.

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