May 28, 2004
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
I
was
surprised
to
read
the
remarks
made
by
the
Uttar
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
and
Samajwadi
Party
leader
Shri
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav
that
I
owed
an
explanation
for
the
“humiliation”
suffered
by
Shri
Amar
Singh
at
the
hands
of
the
Congress
party,
when
he
accompanied
me
to
Smt.
Sonia
Gandhi’s
residence
for
a
meeting.
The
said
meeting
was
held
against
the
backdrop
of
the
significant
victory
of
the
secular
forces
and
the
comprehensive
defeat
inflicted
on
the
communal
forces
led
by
the
BJP
in
the
Lok
Sabha
elections.
The
Samajwadi
Party
and
the
Rashtriya
Lok
Dal
have
contributed
to
this
victory
of
the
secular
forces.
The
country
wanted
to
see
all
those
who
contributed
to
the
defeat
of
the
communal
forces
on
a
united
platform.
I
reflected
this
desire,
when
despite
the
absence
of
an
invitation
from
the
Congress
party
to
them,
I
requested
Shri
Amar
Singh
and
Shri
Ajit
Singh
to
accompany
me
to
the
meeting.
This
gesture
has
been
widely
appreciated.
All
secular
minded
people
are
desirous
that
all
those
opposed
to
the
BJP
and
its
communal
agenda
should
unitedly
face
the
challenge
posed
by
these
forces.
In
this
ongoing
battle
against
the
communal
forces,
the
CPI(M)
will
continue
to
seek
the
support
and
cooperation
of
the
Samajwadi
Party.