Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] will participate in the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) deliberations without necessarily being a constituent of the coordination committee.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Vijayan said the CPI(M) would cooperate with the forum without being an inside partner in the anti-BJP alliance. CPI(M) leaders will hold talks with INDIA leaders. Nevertheless, the CPI(M) would not be part of the bloc’s organisational apparatus. It would maintain its separate identity and toe the party line while collaborating with the front.
Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan had alleged that the CPI(M)’s Kerala leadership, out of spite for Congress, headed off the national leadership’s move to join the INDIA bloc.
