Parties scout for weak individuals: CPIM leader Soumitra Chakraborty on Left workers joining BJP
Parties scout for weak individuals: CPIM leader Soumitra Chakraborty on Left workers joining BJP
Soumitra Chakraborty, a CPIM leader, in an interview with India Today TV looks at the question of political poaching and party loyalty in West Bengal and why many workers are joining the BJP.
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UPDATED: April 12, 2021 07:28 IST
Soumitra Chakraborty admitted that there has been an exodus of mid-level and lower-level workers, but maintained that CPIM still has huge cadre strength on the ground.
India Today TV spoke to Soumitra Chakraborty, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) leader in Kolkata s Rajabazar-Beleghata area, who has been associated with the party for over 41 years and tried to understand what makes the Left cadre stay with the party at a time when so many leaders are leaving for greener pastures.
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