Express Dialogue: ‘CPM has always been a semi-terrorist party', says C P John

CMP general secretary C P John, the intellectual face of the UDF, is one of the most astute politicians around. Though some say he is on the wrong side of the political spectrum, John, who along with M V Raghavan formed CMP after splitting from CPM in 1986, insists that he is happy where he is. He talks to TNIE about the rot within the CPM and how Congress needs to up its game if it is to survive.