A three-day meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] that concluded here on Tuesday determined that only tactical seat adjustments between regional secular forces could retard the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s attempt to return to power for a third consecutive term by barefacedly using the perilously divisive Hindu majoritarian nationalism as the party’s central electoral plank.
The CPI(M) noted with alarm that the BJP had moved to resurrect the Citizenship Amendment Act to foment divisions in the country.
On the eve of the national polls, the Centre said it would frame rules for the contentious and polarising legislation the BJP had bulldozed through the Lok Sabha without due diligence or discussion.
