Taking a dig at CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat and Politburo members Sitaram Yechury, Brinda Karat and Biman Bose, the West Bengal minister said, 'It is improper to formulate policies on the basis of some reports sitting pretty in an air conditioned room.' He did not mince words, describing the Congress as the biggest anti-imperialist force in the country, and added that the Left would do better to walk in tandem with the Congress to hold a key position at the Centre.
When rediff.com approached the minister on Tuesday, Chakraborty said he stood by every word he had said and was not afraid of the consequences.
On July 22 last year, the minister had raised his voice against the Politburo decision to seek Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's resignation after the Left decided to withdrew support from the United Progressive Alliance government over the India-United States nuclear deal.
Chakraborty was slapped with a showcause notice for speaking his mind that time. This time too, the CPI-M's West Bengal boss Biman Bose said the party has no connection with Chakraborty's political assessment of the Congress.
'The comment made by comrade Subhas Chakraborty in an interview to a private news channel on May 11 has no connection with the political positioning of the CPI-M,' Bose said in a statement.
'The support to the Congress-led government was withdrawn by the party in July last year based on the unanimous decision by the central committee,' the statement said.
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