05-28-2007, 02:13 AM
BJP man as Chief Minister is `dangerous': Yechury
Special Correspondent
# Janata Dal (Secular) blamed for the situation in Karnataka
# Left parties' support to UPA Government defended
BANGALORE: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and MP Sitaram Yechury on Sunday termed as "dangerous" the possibility of the chief ministerial position going to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka.
"Communal forces are already getting strengthened in Karnataka because the BJP is a partner in the Government. Their activities are bound to increase if the party gets the Chief Minister's position as well," Mr. Yechury told The Hindu on the sidelines of a programme organised by the CPI(M) in Bangalore to launch its weekly newspaper Jana Shakti.
The organising of Virat Hindu Samavesha in a grand manner in the State and the increasing tension at Bababudangiri following the campaign by the Sangh Parivar to "liberate" the Datta Peetha, he said, were examples of how the BJP was using its power to enforce communal agenda.
He blamed the Janata Dal (Secular) for this situation as it had joined hands with the BJP to form a coalition Government. "What can we do when so-called secular forces themselves indulge in such things," Mr Yechury said.
Speaking at the function, Mr. Yechury defended the support offered by the Left parties to the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre.
He said it was due to the pressure from the Left parties that the UPA Government had taken several pro-people and pro-poor policy decisions.
The Left parties were both opposing and supporting the UPA Government depending upon the issue at hand, he said.