Politics
Left politics wanes but ideology stays !
As it seems , the Communists are themselves to blame for the deep fall that they find themselves in , from Tripura to West Bengal
GYANESHWAR DAYAL
Kerala was the first State in the world to have an elected Left Government . It may well be the last in India ; the two strongholds of the Left Bengal and Tripura have already fallen . Today , Kerala is the only state where the Left is in power . It is rare for any party to repeat the term but the Left has done it and must be happy about it .
However , their happiness may be short-lived . The Left has done everything to decimate itself and make it irrelevant to Indian politics . Though It would be too early to write its obit , one thing is for sure ; there is something wrong with the Left . When the CPI loses its national party status and the CPM holds on to it , it should be a cause of concern for the Left leaders , the win in Kerala notwithstanding .
Fifteen years back , the left alliance had 59 seats . That has come down to five , four courtesy DMK . The political pundits may
20 Legacy India | June 2021 be worried about the Congress , but it is the Left that is a politically endangered species right now . The Left parties that should have been at the forefront to voice people ’ s concerns are nowhere on the streets . The Left is silent on unemployment , rising prices , privatisation , crony capitalism . The concern for the poor is at the core of the Left ideology . The Left should have made big strides in times of economic meltdown and communal distraught but that is
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