Blunder: Letter to BS on CPI (M) rules out electoral tie-up with Congress

Despite its assessment that the BJP epitomises "communal fascism" and tries to create an "authoritarian state", it was unfortunate that CPI(M) did not make "the lesser of two evils" the right choice

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) “tactical” decision to avoid an electoral tie-up with the Congress wasn’t something expected of a pre-eminently secular party in the present political situation. It represented a setback in the collective efforts needed to be made by all Opposition parties to achieve the object of unseating the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power to save the country from virulent nationalism. Despite its assessment that the BJP epitomises “communal fascism” and tries to create an “authoritarian state”, it was unfortunate that the CPI(M) did not make “the lesser of two evils” the right choice to