‘LDF is CPI’s child’: Binoy Viswam urges end to CPI-CPI(M) row over Deputy LoP post in Keralam
CPI leader Binoy Viswam is calling for an end to public disputes with the CPI(M) regarding the Deputy Leader of the Opposition post in Kerala. He emphasized the need for unity within the Left Democratic Front following their recent election defeat.
Why it matters
The internal friction between the two major Left parties threatens the stability and political relevance of the LDF in Kerala's post-election landscape.
Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday appeared to signal that indefinite squabbling with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] over the post of the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly would leave the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in a politically perilous vacuum and accountability void in the wake of its crushing defeat in the 2026 Assembly elections.
CPI State secretary Binoy Viswam indicated in New Delhi that the party would expedite steps to settle the dispute and come together to “understand the reality” of the LDF’s situation in Keralam. He also ruled out media speculation that the CPI would sit as a disparate bloc in the Assembly.
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