Left has been at forefront of setting agenda to take on BJP, will improve tally in 2024 polls: Yechury
BJP — whether it was on Article 370, CAA, agri laws or electoral bonds — and will improve its performance electorally in the upcoming polls, CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said here. In an interview with PTI, Yechury also asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not be able to make a dent in the southern states.
Facing a shrinking voter base, the Left parties, which are part of the opposition INDIA bloc, are virtually engaged in a do-or-die battle in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
With just five MPs in the outgoing Lok Sabha — three of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and two of the Communist Party of India (CPI) — the Left parties are at their lowest in almost six decades.
«You see, electorally the Left will definitely improve from the earlier election. But the point… the crucial thing for the Left is not really the question of how many seats you win or not but how much of the agenda are you setting?» he said.
«You look at even the last five-year period, on every single issue that the BJP brought which we consider divisive and which we don't consider is in consonance with our Constitution on India… the Left's initiative was setting the agenda and simultaneously for the entire people's struggles,» Yechury told PTI while citing various issues raised by the Left.
«It started with Article 370, the first one. That Article 370, the Left was the first to contest and in fact, I was the first political leader who managed to breach through and visit Srinagar with Supreme Court's authority and
