Enemy No. 1 is BJP, Left working on third front: CPM

"It has gone to the IAEA. It will come back to the (UPALeft) committee which we have set up. When that comes we will see. It is not going forward anywhere," he said.

The draft political resolution, which provides CPM the larger direction framework for the next three years, states "the party differentiates between the BJP and Congress, considering the latter as a bourgeois party, though it often vacillates when communal forces take the offensive.

The party will continue to adopt tactics for isolating and defeating BJP. It will not enter into any alliance or united front with the Congress."

Karat said the party will maintain relations with all "non-Congress secular par ties" for a united struggle and joint action on common issues.

"We still want a secular government at the Centre.

But we also want a government which does not follow such economic policies. How we can achieve that, we will have to wait and see," he said when he was asked about CPM plans for the next Lok Sabha elections.

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Article taken from the issue: 21 Jan 2008