CPI(M) says fight against Modi govt its main task

The CPI(M) on Saturday said that the immediate task on its hand was the fight against the Narendra Modi government's policies and "communal" agenda of the Hindutva forces, but ruled out joining hands with Congress in its campaign.

"This (fight against BJP and its policies) is the main task at hand. This requires a concerted opposition to the Modi Government's economic policies and its Hindutva-oriented social and educational policies," said the draft political resolution adopted on the penultimate day of the party's 21st congress here.

While the main direction of the struggle is against the BJP, the party will continue to oppose the Congress, which too has pursued "neo-liberal policies".

It is the UPA Government's "anti-people" policies and "corruption" which helped the BJP to acquire popular support, it said. The resolution made it clear that the party, which had provided outside support to ruling UPA 1, will have no understanding or electoral alliance with the Congress.

Polit Bureau member S Ramachandran Pillai said a plenum will be held later this year to examine the CPI(M)'s line in various aspects and correct deficiencies, if any.