On Assembly Election Results

December 18, 2017

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

 

The Gujarat assembly election results show that the BJP has nothing much to celebrate. Although it has won a majority to form a government, it has got the lowest number of seats in the last two decades. It is expected to win around hundred seats compared to 115 last time – a big fall from the “Mission 150” declared by BJP President Amit Shah. The erosion in support can also be seen from the fact that in the Lok Sabha election of 2014 the BJP had led in 165 assembly segments.

 

The discontent of the people against the BJP could have been channelised more effectively if there had been a credible opposition with an alternative programme.

 

In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP has won the election comfortably routing the ruling Congress. The verdict in Himachal has been against the corruption and misrule of the Virbhadra Singh government. The CPI(M) has won an assembly seat and will be represented in the state assembly after a gap of twenty years.

 

 

On Assembly Election Results

August 8, 2009

Press Statement

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), now in session at New Delhi, has issued the following statement:

On The Assembly Election Results

Tripura Victory

The Central Committee hails the decisive victory of the CPI(M) and the Left Front in Tripura. For the third successive time, the Left Front has been returned to office with a two-third majority. The people of Tripura have recorded their appreciation for the resolute fight waged by the CPI(M) to defend the unity of the tribal and Bengali people and for the impressive performance of the Left Front government headed by Manik Sarkar. It is the pro-people policies which rendered the anti-incumbency factor irrelevant in Tripura, just as in West Bengal.

At the same time, the people have resoundingly rejected the opportunist Congress-INPT alliance. Their unscrupulous politics have been firmly rebuffed. The Congress leadership must realise the harm it has caused to the state and national unity by allying with a NLFT-backed party.

The Central Committee records its deep appreciation of the hard and determined struggle waged by the Tripura state unit of the CPI(M) in this electoral battle. It pays homage to the 34 members and supporters of the Party who sacrificed their lives during the election campaign.

Himachal Pradesh : BJP Defeat

The BJP has been badly defeated in the Himachal Pradesh elections, despite a concerted attempt to cash in on its success in the Gujarat elections. The BJP has got only 16 out of 65 seats while the Congress got 40 seats. All efforts were made by the BJP leadership to rake up the issues in the communal agenda. The Prime Minister himself raised the temple issue in a manner which undermined the secular principle to be upheld by the government. The campaign of the BJP was aimed at repeating the Gujarat success. The people of Himachal Pradesh have firmly rejected such a platform. They have decisively voted out the Dhumal government for its misrule and corruption.
Unable to face the fact that their communal platform has failed to evoke support, the BJP leadership is seeking to cover-up its political defeat under the excuse of disunity and factionalism. The results of the Himachal Pradesh elections are a welcome affirmation that large sections of people do not subscribe to the divisive agenda propagated by the BJP.