April
25,
2004
Harkishan
Singh
Surjeet,
General
Secretary
of
the
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
has
issued
the
following
statement:
The
recent
utterances
by
some
leading
NDA
functionaries
have
created
confusion
with
regard
to
the
Samajwadi
Party
President
and
Uttar
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav.
An
impression
is
being
sought
to
be
created
that
the
Samajwadi
Party
has
softened
its
earlier
commitment
to
defence
of
national
unity
and
secularism.
In
my
recent
meetings
with
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav
and
yesterday’s
meeting
with
Samajwadi
Party
General
Secretary,
Amar
Singh,
both
the
leaders
have
categorically
assured
that
the
Samajwadi
Party
continues
to
remain
committed
to
the
anti-communal
plank
and
in
defence
of
secularism.
In
their
interaction
with
me,
both
the
leaders
sought
to
dispel
fears
on
this
count
and
termed
the
propaganda
launched
by
George
Fernandes
and
other
NDA
leaders
as
deliberate
and
mischievous.
We
are
confident
that
the
Samajwadi
Party
and
its
leader
Mulayam
Singh
will
play
a
leading
role
in
defeating
the
communal
offensive.