TIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Promising a new horizon of hope and heralding a change in Left politicalscape, the disgruntled communists, CPM breakaway groups, socialists and greens will float a new political party. Shornur municipal chairman M R Murali and former CPM Thiruvananthapuram district secretariat member S Suseelan are in the forefront of the move and the party will be formally announced at a convention in Kochi on September 23.Suseelan told Express that they had prepared the draft programme of the party and discussed it at a meeting of Leftists and greens convened at Thrissur last month. Following this, noted environmentalist C R Neelakandan and Leftist sympathiser Azad expressed their desire to join the new party.Sargadharan, former Sivagiri administrator, will also join the new party. “There are several takers for the programme of the new party. The names will be made known shortly,” he said. Asked whether CPM rebels at Onchiyam would join the new party, Suseelan that said Chandrasekharan, their leader, was reluctant about the merger. Asked whether it will be a new communist party, he said no communist party had proved effective for solving the issues of the state, whether it be CPI, CPM or ML groups. “The new party will be based on socialist principles giving emphasis on democratic values.’’ He pointed out that there was an urgent need for considering the change in the character of the working class and capitalists. The working class of today is not like that of the 1950s and 60s. For instance, the most exploited are the employees in the IT sector and unaided education sector. No progressive organisation has succeeded in involving themselves with these sectors. Large numbers of workers are leaving the so-called communist parties in despair. He also said that environmental issues had to be treated with more importance and honesty.
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