The CPM of the state has reached the stage of swallowing the snake with the presidential election. Bikasharanjan Bhattacharya will be the only Left MP from the state to vote in the presidential election. He said that even if he did not like the candidate, he would vote for Yashwant Sinha in the interest of greater opposition unity.
On Tuesday, both the ruling and opposition parties announced their candidates for the presidency. Vajpayee-era minister Yashwant Sinha has become the opposition’s candidate. He joined the grassroots a year ago. He abruptly resigned from the party post on Tuesday. Shortly afterwards, his name was announced as an opposition candidate. The CPM said it would support the BJP and the grassroots candidate.
In the last Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, no Left candidate from West Bengal won. Bikasharanjan Bhattacharya is the only leftist representative of the state in Parliament with the support of the Congress. Calling Bikashbabu on Wednesday, he said, ‘A better candidate could have been considered. But when that doesn’t happen, it’s time to dump her and move on. “
But can Rajya Sabha MP Bikasharanjan Bhattacharya abstain from voting? In response, he said, ‘It is absolutely impossible. It can only be at the direction of the team. I am the disciplined soldier of the team. Can’t ignore team instructions. Then the current trend of change of party will be supported. It is better to support the opposition candidate than him.
Let me say that the votes of Rajya Sabha MPs are the most valuable in the presidential election.