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As campaigning for the bypoll in the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency picks up momentum, Left Democratic Front convener E.P. Jayarajan spoke to S. Anandan on why the Left is going the whole hog to wrest the seat from the Congress. Excerpts:  

For instance, report from panel headed by Ashok Chavan was not tabled at party’s highest decision-making forum

It allows for tactical understanding with like-minded Left and secular forces

Mohammed Salim says Congress qualifies as a player in broad Left, democratic alliance

At the inaugural event of 23rd Party Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury called for unity to safeguard the secular, democratic character of the Indian republic and defeat BJP

But this strategy could not be completely rejected, says Thirumavalavan

In France's former mining heartland, promises by the Communist Party's first presidential candidate in 15 years to raise the minimum wage, lower the retirement age and tax big business hard resonate with voters who feel ignored by the mainstream left.

Congress, Left and “secular” parties should come together to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 general election, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol Thirumavalavan said in Coimbatore on Sunday.  The BJP, which according to him, did not speak about scientific or industrial development, employment opportunities but chose communal polarisation…

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