Thrissur: CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday asked his fellow comrades in Kerala to read the party programme.

" The CPM decides on the programme after looking into the general atmosphere prevailing in the country, not of Kerala alone. I thought that the comrades who criticised me knew the party programme," Yechury said in his reply at the CPM state conference here.

" I had not said that there should be an alliance with Congress. I had said that there should be a tactical approach. Even though Congress is the main enemy of CPM in Kerala, it is not the case at the national level. The RSS is trying to establish a Hindu Rashtra. A strong resistance should be put up against this,"Yechury said.

Yechury clarified the CPM's stand on international issues.