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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Anti-political, says Karat by JP Yadav

Anti-political, says Karat by JP Yadav

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published Published on Aug 24, 2011   modified Modified on Aug 24, 2011

Prakash Karat believes Anna Hazare’s movement is amorphous, anti-political, supported by Right-wing forces and the corporate media, but still feels the government has “no other way” but to bow to public pressure and hold talks with the group.

“The middle class propensity to be anti-political, to blame all politicians and to hold Parliament in contempt are all on display in the Anna Hazare movement,” the CPM general secretary wrote in party mouthpiece People’s Democracy.

“Given the amorphous nature of the movement gathered around Anna Hazare, the rightwing forces, including the corporate media, seek to support and direct the movement away from the focus on the fountainhead of corruption,” Karat added.

But the article, aimed at articulating the party’s stand to extend qualified support to Team Hazare over the Lokpal bill, ended up raising more questions.

Karat ended the piece asking the government to talk with the Hazare group. “There is no other way except for the Manmohan Singh government to bow down to public pressure. The government should hold talks with the Anna Hazare group forthwith. It should bring a fresh bill for discussion and adoption by Parliament,” he said.

Sources said the article, in the backdrop of strains within the party regarding the movement, was an attempt by Karat to justify the move to ride the Anna wave. The Left today organised countrywide demonstrations demanding the government withdraw the bill it has introduced.

CPM leaders said the article had brought to the fore the incongruity in the party’s stand. “If Anna Hazare’s movement is backed by communal forces and the corporate media and seeks to hold Parliament in contempt, why align with it?” said a senior leader, who felt the party was committing mistakes in its desperation to corner the Congress and reconnect with the masses.

Differences in the party have also come out in the reported statement of Bengal unit secretary Biman Bose. The CPM was against the manner in which Hazare was arrested but does not support the method adopted in his agitation, Bose reportedly said in Calcutta.

He also said Hazare’s movement was “undemocratic”, as “laws cannot be made on maidans”.

Karat rejected the argument that since the bill was in Parliament, any movement was an attack on the House. “This is specious reasoning. Political parties and citizen’s organisations have the right to oppose and agitate against any bill introduced in Parliament,” he said, adding that even the Left had resorted to protests against bills in Parliament.

The Telegraph, 24 August, 2011, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110824/jsp/nation/story_14417329.jsp


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