The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] appears to have stolen a march over the Congress to find common cause with influential Muslim social organisations that have expressed deep dismay over the plight of the “war-oppressed” residents of Gaza.
CPI(M) State secretary M. V. Govindan said on Friday that the party would mobilise civil society from October 13 to October 20 to express solidarity with the Palestinian cause. The CPI(M) also sought to tap into the groundswell of sympathy in Kerala for the Palestinian people. CPI(M) leaders would hold meetings highlighting the plight of Palestinians under Israeli occupation.
Mr. Govindan also attempted to put the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a spot by accusing the Central government of veering away from India’s time-tested commitment to the emancipation of the oppressed people of Palestine. He condemned the tit-for-tat attacks by Hamas and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) that had precipitated a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “Civilians, mostly families, were causalities on both sides,” Mr. Govindan said.
