Communist party praises Tamil Nadu voters

COLOMBO: Communist Party of Sri Lanka on the result of the State Assembly Election in India has praised the decision made by the people of Tamil Nadu in electing the DMK led alliance and forcing the pro-LTTE parties to take a back seat.

Minister of Constitutional Affairs and National Integration and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Dew Gunasekera's statement:

The Communist Party of Sri Lanka sends its heartiest congratulations to the two Communist Parties - Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India and also their allies in the Left Alliance on their resounding victories at the recent State Assembly Election in West Bengal and Kerala and their enhanced representation in other States.

The electoral result of the State Assembly Election in India clearly demonstrates the increased strength and influence of the secular forces in general and of the National Political Parties in particular. The people of Tamil Nadu, in a broader perspective, have strengthened the centre-state relations, given a decisive victory to the DMK led Alliance and also ensured a stronger opposition - all in keeping with democratic traditions.

The two main Dravidian Nationalist parties namely DMK and AIADMK who have been ruling alternatively since 1967 with absolute majorities who are now more moderate than ever have undoubtedly lost their hold on the electorate making way for National and Secular Parties to emerge.

The pro- LTTE parties who are the adherents of Dravidian extremism have been forced to take a back seat. This only shows that the established social equation and geographical patterns of Tamil Nadu politics are undergoing changes obviously dictated by the new realities of faster economic and social development.

The left Democratic Front led by CPI (M) secured a significant victory staging a comeback to power in Kerala.

In West bengal, the Left Front led by CPI (M) has been returned to power for the seventh consecutive term marginalising the rival national, as well as regional parties and securing for them an unprecedented two-third majority.

The continued ideological offensive by the Left and radical forces against the neo-liberal policies and the impact of the uninterrupted performance of the Left Alliance in west Bengal for three decades evidently has influenced the Indian voters's verdict favouring the secular force in general and the Left in particular.