Exclusive| 'Bigger Partners In Alliance Should Be More Accommodative To Small Parties', Says D Raja

In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, D Raja talks about upcoming Bihar polls and reunification of Left parties

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00:00It is a critical issue. Here the major parties, RJD, Congress must be more accommodative.

00:10Left parties are an uncompromising political ideological force fighting BJP and its allies.

00:19We are part of Maga Ghatbandhan. We are aggressively campaigning for the victory of Maga Ghatbandhan.

00:27We are the force across the country, across the world, which is talking about a new alternative, new society.

00:36Next year, beginning, we will have elections in Kerala. We are part of LDF and we will fight as part of LDF.

00:44In Bengal, we will try to revive the left because we lost in Bengal.

00:50Now elections have been announced. As you rightly asked, sweet sharing, it is a critical issue.

01:01And here the major parties, RJD, Congress must be more accommodative to other parties, particularly the left parties.

01:12Because left parties give the credibility for Maga Ghatbandhan.

01:18Because left parties are uncompromising political ideological force fighting BJP and its allies.

01:28Today, I am supposed to meet Mr. Tejasvi. I will have a direct talk with him.

01:34Then, I will discuss with my party leadership in Patna here.

01:40And we will come to some understanding. But we are part of Maga Ghatbandhan.

01:46We are aggressively campaigning for the victory of Maga Ghatbandhan.

01:52In such a situation, yes, in parliamentary democracy, our presence in parliament, our presence in state legislative assemblies has gone down.

02:08But it doesn't mean ideologically, politically, we have gone down.

02:14Even today, we are the force across the country, across the world, which is talking about a new alternative, new society.

02:25We will have to move forward, for which party needs to be strengthened.

02:30When I say party needs to be strengthened, from branched to top level, ideologically, party has to be strengthened.

02:40Politically, party has to be strengthened. Organizationally, party has to be strengthened.

02:45Our party is always for reunification of the communist movement on principled basis.

02:53Even Chandigarh Party Congress, we have reiterated our position.

02:58The left unity and communist unity on principled basis, we should work and we should strive for.

03:06And it is for other parties also to do serious introspection, analysis.

03:14Then we will have to put our efforts together to build a strong movement to project an alternative to take the country forward.

03:26Next year, beginning, we will have elections in Kerala.

03:29We are part of LDF.

03:31And we will fight as part of LDF.

03:34And Tamil Nadu, we are part of DMK-led coalition.

03:38We will keep fighting.

03:40We will be campaigning.

03:41We will work towards the victory of this coalition.

03:46In Bengal, we will try to revive the left because we lost in Bengal.

03:53And this time, we are putting all our efforts, aids together in order to revive the left front and other states also.

04:02Let us see.