New Delhi, March 23: CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat today called for unification between Communists and Socialists to forge a Third Force in national polity.
Karat, who was participating in a function to mark the centenary celebrations of late socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, said, “the Communists are ready to forge a third force in the country in which socialists should also join and share a common platform.”
Referring to the erstwhile Congress Socialist Party in the 1930s, which had in its fold socialists like Jaiprakash Narayan and Lohia and also veteran Communist leader E M S Namboodiripad, Karat said after initially sharing the same platform, socialists and communists parted ways and time was now ripe for them to unite.
“In today’s environment, it is important that a viable political alternative is available,” the CPI(M) leader said.
–Agencies