CPI(M) ready to ally with anti-BJP parties to oust Modi govt: Sitaram Yechury

The CPI(M) today said it is ready to join hands with with anti-BJP secular parties as its priority is to oust the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

"The party's primary task is to oust the BJP-led NDA government, which is in the interest of the country and its people," CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said at a news conference here on the sidelines of the party's Punjab state committee meeting.

To fulfil this task, he added, the CPI(M)'s electoral alliances will be such that there is least possible split of anti-BJP votes.

The Left party leader said the CPI(M)'s state committees will take a call on the kind of understanding required with all the anti-BJP secular parties.

Asked if his party would enter into an understanding with the Congress in Punjab, Yechury replied, "We have not started any discussions with the Congress in Punjab yet..but we would like to defeat the SAD-BJP (combine)."
"A law is necessary, earlier we thought existing laws would be sufficient. But the question is who will implement the existing laws. If the implementing authorities, that is the state governments, themselves are patronising such private armies, then you require a new law, which will be able to take care of this."