Surjeet
changes tack on Cong across borders
Express News Service
Thiruvananthapuram,
May 8: CPI(M) general-secretary H.S. Surjeet’s stand on
the Congress kept changing according to ground realities in the
last leg of his campaign in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
At his virulent
best attacking the Congress at Parassuvickkal, a couple of hours
later in his address at Marthandam, 10 km away across the border,
Surjeet was silent on the Congress. At the rally on Monday for CPI(M)’s
Parassala candidate R. Selvaraj, Surjeet charged the Congress with
resorting to anti-democratic measures since 1957.
He cited the
dismissal of the EMS ministry as an undemocratic act of that party.
He alleged the Congress had aligned with communal parties such as
PDP and had a tacit understanding with the BJP to defeat the LDF
in the ensuing polls.
Once the CPI(M)
leader entered Tamil Nadu, the tone and tenor of his speech changed.
At the crowded meetings for candidates D. Mani and J. Hemachandran
in Marthandam and Kulasekaram, Surjeet’s main targets were
the NDA government and M. Karunanidhi.
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