DSP decides to break away from Left Front

Left Front received another blow when its alliance partner Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) decided to break away from them.

On Sunday evening the party said that they will no longer continue with the Left Front and the decision has been taken as "CPI(M)'s line had become the line of the Left Front as well". Another reason behind the separation that has come up is DSP's plan to join an alliance led by another political party.

In a press communiqué, the party stated that "the state committee of DSP has unanimously decided on July 30 that from today onwards the party is withdrawing itself as an alliance partner of Left Front. So DSP will not be part of any programme which will be organised by the Left Front in both state and district levels". A letter in this regard has also been sent to Left Front chairman Biman Bose stating the same. Prabod Sinha, the party's General Secretary, said that it would not be possible to start their future plans by continuing as an alliance partner of the Left Front. So the decision to break away has been taken. Nazrul Islam, spokesperson of DSP, said: "It is the decision of the state committee. There cannot be only one ground behind taking such a decision. There are several reasons for which it has been decided to break away."

He finally said: "There is no difference between the line of CPI(M) and Left Front". The reaction of the party's spokesperson has once again brought to light that how other political parties in the alliance "get cornered" by CPI(M) and this is coming up as a key reason behind the decision taken by the DSP state committee to break away. DSP was formed in 1981 following a split in Socialist Party. The other party that was the outcome of the split was West Bengal Socialist Party (WBSP). Both DSP and WBSP had joined Left Front in 1982.