Leaving its electoral debacle in Bengal and Kerala behind, the CPI(M) has decided to launch a frontal attack against the Congress-led UPA government over corruption, price rise and Lokpal bill. The decision was taken in the party’s politburo meeting held on Friday in Kolkata. Former chief minister
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who had skipped two politburo meetings since losing power in the state, attended the meeting. Hours after the meeting, the politburo members assembled at Mahajati Sad-an to celebrate party founder Muzaffar Ahmad’s 123rd birth anniversary. Ahmad is the only party leader whose birthday is celebrated by the Marxist party.
While addressing the gathering, party general secretary Prakash Karat indicated the issues that the central committee would take up in two-day deliberations beginning Saturday. “The Congress has institutionalised the regime of corruption. Everyday a new chapter of corruption of the UPA government is coming out from the cupboard,” Mr Karat said, adding that the corruption has come to such a pass that a Central minister had to be jailed on the charge of random corruption. Attributing the root cause of high-level corruption in the country to the neo-liberal policies of various regimes, Mr Karat said the government were facilitating loot of public resou-rces by business houses.