Kochi: The CPI Monday brushed aside senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy's apparent bid to woo it into the Keralas Congress-led UDF fold, saying the Left partys "commitment" to the LDF is "unquestionable."
CPI national executive member Binoy Viswam said it is "unthinkable" for the party to go for a political alliance with the Congress "as long as it remains wedded with the pro-corporate policies of globalisation." He said this a day after former Chief Minister Chandy hailed the stand taken by the CPI, a key partner in the CPI(M)-led LDF, on the issue of clearing encroachments from the government land and stated that the people still cherish the partys alliance with CPI in Kerala in the 70s.
Responding to a query on CPI joining hands with the Congress, Viswam told PTI that the partys "commitment to the LDF is unquestionable as it is founded on a strong political and ideological base."
"It is Chandys day-dreaming," the CPI leader said.
The former Minister also alleged that it was the Congress-led UDF which turned Munnar, a tourist hill station in Idukki district, into a heaven for land grabbers.
Chandy had yesterday hailed the CPIs stand on various administrative issues and criticised those of the CPI(M), especially on the issue of removal of encroachments on government land.
Lauding CPIs stand on the issue, he had said the key partner in the ruling LDF was "speaking the language of the people of Kerala."
Asked if the Congress planned to invite CPI into the UDF fold, the former chief minister had said people still cherish the era of the partys alliance with CPI in Kerala in the 1970s.
The CPI had ruled Kerala during the 70s with the support of the Congress.
Chandys statement came amid the growing differences between CPI(M) and CPI over various administrative affairs, including that on the CPI-controlled Revenue Departments drive against encroachers of the government land at Munnar hills.
The CPI(M) had expressed displeasure over the Departments anti-encroachment drive at Munnar in April last, during which a 30-feet tall metal cross was pulled down.