Draft:Left and Democratic Front (India)
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Left and Democratic Front | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | LDF |
| Leader | Sitaram Yechury D. Raja Dipankar Bhattacharya |
| Ideology | Big tent Majority : Communism Marxism Socialism Secularism Democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing |
Left and Democratic Front is an proposed alliance of left, secular, democratic parties in the states of India for the 2024 Indian general election. The purpose of this alliance is to isolate and to defeat Bharatiya Janata Party, the rulling party of India.[1][2] General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and former Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury said that the alliance in each state will be specific for that state based on the political scenario and national level political front will take shape after the general election.[1] On 2 February 2023, CPIM Polit Bureau member and Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan confirmed about CPIM's plan of forming state-level alliances.[3]
Background
[edit]The term 'Left and Democratic Front' was used in the draft political resolution of CPI(M) for the 23rd Party Congress which was published on 4 February 2022.[4]
Members
[edit]Sitaram Yechury clarified that his party will ally with Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.[5] Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao expressed his intention to work with CPI(M) and CPI in building up an alternative to the BJP.[6] At the national level, five political parties including Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation and All India Forward Bloc have given joint calls for action and struggles on various issues and experessed their positions of fighting together.[7][8]
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Base State | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) |  |
Sitaram Yechury | National Party | |
| Communist Party of India | CPI |  |
D. Raja | National Party | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | RSP |  |
Manoj Bhattacharya | West Bengal | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | RJD |  |
Tejashwi Yadav | Bihar | |
| Bharat Rashtra Samithi | BRS | K. Chandrashekar Rao | Telangana | ||
| Samajwadi Party | SP |  |
Akhilesh Yadav | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | CPI(ML)L |  |
Dipankar Bhattacharya | Bihar | |
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | RLD |  |
Jayant Singh | Uttar Pradesh | |
| All India Forward Bloc | AIFB |  |
Debabrata Biswas | West Bengal | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CPI (M) will go for State-wise alliances: Sitaram Yechury". Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ "All secular forces will unite against BJP for Lok Sabha election: Sitaram Yechury". Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "National-level alliance for 2024 unlikely: Kerala CM". 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "23rd Congress: Draft Political Resolution".
- ^ "CPM focusing on 5 poll-bound States to build anti-BJP front: Yechury". Retrieved 2023-02-04.
He made it clear that the party would form an alliance with like-minded parties strong enough to defeat BJP in their states — like RJD in Bihar and SP in UP.
- ^ "CPI's national meet to kickstart today, focus on 'bringing like-minded forces'". Retrieved 2023-02-18.
He has already announced that his party would work with the CPI and CPI (M) in building up a national alternative to the BJP.
- ^ "Left Parties" (PDF).
- ^ "Call of the 24th Party Congress". New Age. 2022-11-05. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
In the inaugural session of the 24th Party Congress leaders of CPI(M), CPI(ML), Forward Block were present and reiterated their positions on left unity. RSP, not present due to their organizational pre-occupations shared the same understanding of fighting together.