Thiruvananthapuram, 04 May(HS): A week after the party’s state secretary M V Govindan warned President Donald Trump of hiking tariff against China, the CPI(M)’s new general secretary M A Baby has issued a stern warning to Trump. “Trump should remember that he is only the President of the United States and should not behave as if he is the president of the world,” said Baby while speaking to reporters after the polit bureau meeting of the party held during the last two days.

“I am giving Trump time till the central committee of the CPI(M) meets to mend his ways. I am putting him under the scanner. If he is not behaving properly, he would have to pay a heavy price, If he violates the rule of the game, I warn Trump, that the CPI(M) will take strong action against him,” warned Baby.

What annoyed Baby was the US President’s decisions regarding the revision of tariff in trade with other countries and the latter’s support to Israel in that country’s war against the Hamas freedom fighters. Baby said Trump has put the global economy in peril. “I hope Trump should mend ways and behave properly before the central committee of the CPI(M) meets shortly. The earlier he makes corrections the better for him and the US,” said Baby whose CPI(M) has three seats in the Lok Sabha, which has an effective strength of 543. But the BJP-led NDA Government is apprehensive of Baby and his Kerala State Secretary M V Govindan.

Govindan too had issued a warning to Trump last week asking the latter to behave properly and consult the CPI(M) before making any changes in tariff. Govindan has been annoyed with Trump for irritating China by increasing the tariff with that country. For the CPI(M), China is the only fatherland and many senior leaders have written novels, poems and plays eulogizing the Communist dictators of that country.

Hindusthan Samachar / Manohar Yadavatti