Karat vs Yechury again, this time on whether Modi government is 'fascist' or not
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury openly contradicted Prakash Karat's views on whether Modi-led government is fascist or not.
In Short
- Yechury categorically said Modi govt was fascist.
- Karat had earlier said the Centre wasn't 'fascist in classical sense'.
- This is not the 1st time the two CPI(M) leaders have differed.
The deep division within the CPI(M) has once again come out in the open- loud and clear. This time, the division is on whether Modi government is 'fascist' or not.
Days after former CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat wrote in the party mouthpiece that BJP-led government at the Centre is not 'fascist in the classical sense but authoritarian', CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury challenged him point blank today by saying, 'The government of Narendra Modi is fascist' .
KARAT VS YECHURY NOT THE FIRST TIME
This is not the first time Yechury has challenged the former General Secretary.
Recently, in an interview to the Bengali mouthpiece of the party, Yechury claimed, "The threat to the secular foundations has become menacing with the rise of the communal and fascistic RSS-combine and its assuming power in the Centre" while talking about the Modi sarkar.
When asked in a press conference on Monday specifically, Yechury was evasive.
When pressed he said, "Let's face it. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led BJP government and the Modi-led BJP government are different. This government has fascist tendencies. It is going that way. And we will do everything we can to stop it."
This is not the first time Karat vs Yechury war has come out in the open. It is a cold war that has been existing in CPI(M) for long.
But the way it has come out this time publicly has party insiders wondering what's next?
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