Bangalore: CPI-M is considering a proposal
to have a fixed tenure for its leaders, party's politburo
member Sitaram Yechury said on Monday.
"The party is discussing the proposal for a fixed tenure
for office bearers," Yechury told reporters here on the
sidelines of a CPI-M convention to protest price rise of
essential commodities.
"It is being planned to fix a maximum of three terms for
any leader with a five-year tenure", he said.
Yechury termed the naxal violence as a "serious" law and
order problem and said the state and Central governments
should not compromise with Maoists.
He said Centre and West Bengal governments should
initiate urgent measures to end violence let loose by Maoists,
and his party would support any strong action against them.
Yechury said CPI (M) would expose the ideological
bankruptcy of Maoist groups and take up the challenge posed by
naxalites politically and ideologically.
Yechury reiterated his party's demand for sacking of
Union Telecom Minister A Raja for his alleged involvement in
the spectrum allotment scam.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, October 26, 2009, 18:25