Left Parties finalise seat-sharing deal in Bihar

 

Leaders of the Left alliance (CPI-ML, CPI, and CPM) completed the seat-sharing deal on 130 assembly constituencies . The leaders of the left parties talking to the reporters in, in Patna on September 23, 2010, they said negotiations were on for 60 more seats.T he three major Left parties CPI CPIM and CPI(ML) have decided to contest 200 of the 243 assembly seats together in the state.

CPI state secretary Badri Narayan Lal said that, this is for the first time the three parties had decided to fight the assembly elections jointly. He said seat-sharing agreement had been reached on 130 seats, while talks were on for another 30. Rest of the 40 seats would be left for smaller Left parties and other like-minded people, he added.

CPI(ML) state secretary Nandkishore Prasad said out of 130 seats that had been finalised, CPI(ML) would contest 78, CPI 32 and CPM 20.. Prasad lambasted the ruling NDA for all-round corruption and alleged loot in social welfare schemes, rising inflation and opportunistic politics and said that the main agenda of the Left in the coming election would be land reforms, sharecropping, police-bureaucracy raj, unemployment, agriculture and industrial development. He said until land reforms are implemented properly in the state, development is not possible.

CPI M state secretary Vijaykant Thakur said, "We have decided to fight the election together so that a unified attack on feudal forces could be launched." Thakur said the Left would expose the JD(U)'s secular credentials in the poll campaign, as it has helped the BJP gain ground in the state. He also came down heavily on the congress stating its wish to make inroads into the state's political arena would remain a distant dream.

CPIM will be contesting from Bhibhoothipur Sitting Seat)(Samasthipur Dist), Loukaha, Phulpera (Madhubani Dist) Mothihari, Pipra (East Champaran Dist) Kudhni (Muzhapharpur Dist) Sasaram,(Rohathas Dist) Chatharpur (Supol Dist) Purnea, Beghusarai, Kagadia, Saharsa. In the remaining two seats decesion will be taken in two days. The names of the three major Left candidates would be released by September 27 or 28.


CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat was in Patna on September 8. Karat had a day-long meeting with leaders on the party's poll preparedness and seat sharing arrangements with two other left parties.

CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan was in Patna on September 22 to review his party’s preparedness for the poll said left parties in Bihar (CPI, CPM, CPI-ML (Liberation) will fight Bihar assembly election on common manifesto. CPI has floated its slogan one vote, one note and support for the forthcoming Bihar Assembly election.

The Elections to the Bihar assembly will be held on October 23.