CPI Leader A B Bardhan and Maharashtra CM Manohar Joshi at a press conference in the '90s

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The CPI leader A B Bardhan denied that the Left parties were without ideology. Speaking in a 'Meet the Press' programme at the Press Club of India, the CPI leader said that the Left parties were firm about their ideology. A B Bardhan - 'The Left parties are very firm about their ideology, and because of their ideology, they know that the practical needs of the movement at the moment suggest that the Left should come out with a joint manifesto and put its demands upto a certain point and be with other forces in order to be able to change society and to prevent society from being hijacked by the communal forces. It's part of our ideology.' Speaking to the press, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Manohar Joshi refuted charges that his party was anti-minority or communal. Manohar Joshi - 'There sh