Wednesday, July 23, 2008

CPI (M) expels Somnath Chatterjee from party

By John Cheeran
Finally CPI (M) has acted against Somnath Chatterjee by expelling the veteran comrade who fell in love with limelight in his twilight.
There is no surprise in the decision taken by the CPI (M).
Surprise was the long rope given to the Bengal comrade by the Party General Secretary Prakash Karat, despite defying and embarrassing the party during a critical ideological battle against the ruling Congress.
Somnath now will continue as the Lok Sabha Speaker, and his last supper will be prepared by both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Madam Sonia Gandhi.
Again, I'm quite happy to see that the UPA survived the Trust Vote yesterday in the Parliament and the nuclear deal with the United States would be taken to its logical finish. It's a pity that Karat and comrades cannot invent a party line beyond the Anti-American slogan.
That does not exonerate Somnath from his crimes against the Party. The cheap stunt that Somnath put up over the week and during the Trust Vote debate should shame not only any comrade but anyone who has ventured into political life.
Anyone can fullfil a school master's role.
CPI (M)'s woes, however, do not end with the expulsion of Somnath. These are challenging times for the party and Karat has an onerous task ahead of him to position Indian communists in the Post-American world while swimming against the tide in the company of Mayawatis and Chandrababu Naidus.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

CPI (M) expels Somnath Chatterjee from party

Sir,
The last two words of this headline (I know it's a blog post, but still) are surely unnecessary, aren't they? : )
Cheers,
RK

johncheeran said...

Hi,

CPI (M) has PB, CC, and a number of party posts. this headline says it clearly -- he has been expelled from party's primary membership. The headline was given after much thought, and if you are aware, the particular post was on the web even before prominent news sites such as toi.com and ht.com came up with the breaking news.
and we appreciate the time and effort you put in to pause and post your comments.

Anonymous said...

Hi Sir,
Hmm... profound. But we all know what CPI (M) stands for and there is no need to give every detail in the headline...if that was the case, then try this for 'size'... 'CPI (M)expels Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee from party'
Even The Hindu, which I used to work for and a Commie paper if there ever is one, said 'CPI(M) expels Somnath Chatterjee'
And that's it. I guess they also must have given the headline after much deliberation. And as for the post being put up before the news broke, several papers had hinted that the CPI (M) would seek a consolation prize by expelling Chatterjee. So you get no prizes for guessing that one. : )
Cheers,
RK

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