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AAP, CPM team up to take on Centre, Sangh

Mr Kejriwal stressed the need for an alliance of \"all good people\" to fight BJP.

New Delhi/ Thiruvannathapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his counterpart in Delhi, Mr Arvind Kejriwal, have come together on a common plank to fight the “the fear in society spawned by the RSS and the Centre’s attempts to stifle” non-NDA ministries.

Indicating that the CPM had shed its inhibitions about Aam Aadmi Party’s ideological predilections, Mr Vijayan said the Congress could not be relied upon to checkmate the advance of the saffron brigade because its leaders were deserting the party.

“We all saw yesterday how a prominent Congress leader of Delhi shifted his camp to BJP... We need to counter these threats without affecting the secular fabric of the country," Mr Vijayan added.

He backed Mr Kejriwal's demand that full statehood status be granted to Delhi."The Centre must recognise full statehood to Delhi government. These days, the Union government is trying to grab all the powers even from the states. Now they are trying to choke Delhi government by taking away all its powers. This is not acceptable," said Mr Vijayan.

After his courtesy breakfast call on My Vijayan at Kerala House, Mr Kejriwal stressed the need for an alliance of "all good people" to fight BJP.

"There is an atmosphere of fear. The business community, industrialists, media people or commoners, everybody is afraid of the situation in this country, which is wrong," he said. "I feel that power is in the hands of wrong forces and they are getting an edge in the country...To fight this, all good people should come together," he said when asked if this was the beginning of a new alliance. Those who raise the voice of dissent against the Centre are being muzzled," said Mr Kejriwal.

His remarks came just days after Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said they were ready for a coalition of political forces to fight the BJP.

Commenting on the development, Mr Ajit Joy, AAP candidate for Thiruvananthapuram LS contest in 2014, told DC that much local significance, other than a Federal understanding, need not be attached to the meeting. “It was a one on one between CMs rather than a coming together of parties. CMs interact on Federal matters and issues of mutual interest”.

Back home, AAP leaders reckoned that this could be early days for a CPM overture to AAP, which polled two lakh votes in 2014 LS polls. CPM might be interested tapping in AAP’s pull for a section of electors, frustrated with main coalitions in Kerala.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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