Pinarayi Vijayan and Binoy Viswam
He said the issue was first raised during talks between CPI and CPM on May 7 and that senior leaders of both parties were aware of it.
Viswam said CPI had clear political convictions and did not want to create divisions in the CPM-CPI relationship. “CPI has no words, actions or stances that would fracture CPI-CPM relations,” he said. Viswam said the CPI welcomed the views of LDF convener T P Ramakrishnan and Kerala Congress (M) chairperson Jose K Mani that the matter should be resolved through discussions within the LDF. CPI has never wished to fight over this issue in public on the streets,” he said. CPI does not desire anything that weakens that child,” Viswam said. Asked whether the party still hoped to secure the deputy leader of opposition post nearly four months after first raising the demand in May, Viswam said the party was confident.
“We, CPI, wish to resolve this through discussions. “CPI has fulfilled every role that a communist party must uphold and that a responsible party in LDF should play. CPI is a founding party of the LDF. That party views the LDF as its own child. CPI holds that child close, embracing it to its chest.
New Delhi/Kottayam: CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam said on Monday that the party did not want to diminish in strength and had no intention of allowing its relations with CPM to deteriorate over the dispute related to the deputy leader of opposition post in the assembly.