Kochi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Friday asked the CPM and other Left parties whether they were ready to form a united front with the Congress to defeat the BJP. Addressing the ‘Padayorukkam’ rally led by opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala against the policies of the central and state governments in Kochi, he criticised the LDF government and said law and order had crumbled and economic progress slowed down in the state during the past one-and-a-half years.
Referring to the national political situation, he said, “I have a question to ask the CPM and Left parties At the national level, are we going to oppose the BJP as a united front or will the CPM keep the BJP and the Congress at the same distance? If they are sincere in their fight against the BJP and its anti-people policies, they have to cooperate with the Congress at the national level and fight together the BJP’s misrule,” he said.
