By IANS,
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday said the political developments in Karnataka had proved that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was “the practitioner of the worst form of political opportunism”.
“The BJP’s much tom-tomed foray into south India with the formation of this government in May 2008 has exposed unprecedented levels of corruption and opportunism,” said an editorial in the latest issue of CPI-M organ People’s Democracy.
Referring to the “violent confrontation” in the state assembly Oct 11 following the disqualification of 16 legislators and barring their entry into the state assembly by the speaker, the CPI-M said it was “a brazen act of constitutional impropriety”.
“So much so for a party that claimed to give a model government when it assumed office. If anything, the BJP has shown itself as a party that is willing to throw to the winds all norms of political morality in order to remain in office,” it said.
The CPI-M reaction came after the BJP narrowly won a vote of confidence in the state assembly.