[Marxistindia] Left parties statement on Bihar Assembly election result

[news from the cpi(m)]

November 11, 2020
 
Press Statement
 
The three Left Parties - Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party
of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) - have issued the
following statement:
 
Hailing Bihar Electorate
 
The Left Parties congratulate the electorate of Bihar for their support to
the Mahagathbandhan, including the candidates of the Left parties, which
contributed to the Mahagathbandhan putting up a spirited contest in the
election against the ruling BJP-JD(U) and its government.  
 
The response of the youth and the people to the issues concerning people's
livelihood and employment was heartening.
 
The difference of vote share of both the alliances is very very small.  The
BJP-led alliance lost 12 per cent from the vote it polled in the 2019 Lok
Sabha election.
 
Incumbent Chief Minister's party, Janata Dal (United), won only 43 seats, as
compared to the 71 it won in the last assembly election.  The CM's defection
from the Mahagathbandhan to the BJP is, amongst other factors, rejected by a
large section of the electorate.
 
The Left parties together won 16 out of the 29 seats that they contested -
CPI(ML) - 12, CPI(M) - 2 and CPI - 2.  
 
The BJP and Prime Minister Modi raised the communal agenda to a very high
pitch and sought to communally polarize the electorate.  This was
effectively met largely by the Mahagathbandhan's focus on the economic
distress caused by the lockdown and the utter failure of the BJP and its
allies in containing the pandemic and galloping unemployment.  
 
The Left parties are of the opinion that there were certain clear
irregularities during the last stages of the counting that need to be
seriously addressed by the Election Commission. Along with other partners of
the Mahagathbandhan, the Left parties will take up these matters with the
Election Commission of India.
 
The Left parties' presence in the Assembly will be utilized to advance the
cause of the toiling people, raising crucial issues like jobs and on
social/economic injustices.  
 
The struggles to achieve these objectives shall vigorously continue.  
 
 
 
Sd/-
 

(Sitaram Yechury)
(D. Raja)

General Secretary, CPI(M)
General Secretary, CPI

 
 

(Dipankar Bhattacharya)
 

General Secretary, CPI(ML)-Liberation
 
 
 
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