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I have never come across such an absurd analysis on the decline of left, particularly of CPM. The author attributed this to withdrawal of support to UPA I in 2008. His analysis is no different from other corporate back media and authors since the Congress led UPA suited them more than the BJP.
Contrary to author’s assertion left grew faster when a right wing government was in power rather than the Congress as it overshadowed in the name of pseudo secularism. Left from had 62 seats in 2004 largest ever and played a key role in elevating congress to power. However, since then congress led UPA continued to put in place neo-liberal economics policies under he umbrella of globalization, Civil Nuclear Deal and in general pro-American foreign policy which discredited Left leadership who continued to seek Congress Home Minister support to combat Maoist rather than keeping a check on the congress’s right-wing anti-people economic policies and scams. Left received only 24 seats in 2009 and then only 16 in 2014 and CPM individually suffered most loss declining its seat from 43 to just 9. Therefore, it does not make sense that an alliance with Congress would benefit the left. In fact, it is against the very principle of alliance, “Everyone tries to do best for a common interest”. Although Congress did better in 2009 with its 4 & 1/2 years association with left but it proved to be disastrous for them and finally congress without left end up in disaster. One wonders how the author prescribes an alliance with the Congress when an West Bengal experience failed and in Tripura entire Congress ended up voting for BJP-Separatists alliance. On the other hand, CPM did very well without congress in Kerala. It appears, in Tripura CPM got 42% vote (a minor decline of 2-3% votes hardly be called anti-incumbency) leadership’s flip-flop stand towards the congress. confused the cadre and rank and file being contiguous with West Bengal. In fact, Mamata Banerjee seems to thrive on anti-BJP and Anti-Congress and wisely gave a call for a nation wide alliance on this slogan. It is worth noting that SP alliance with the congress in UP also turned out to be disastrous and any national front with Congress will be not only self-defeating but suicidal due to congress’s track record and its secular character is completely exposed.
I have never come across such an absurd analysis on the decline of left, particularly of CPM. The author attributed this to withdrawal of support to UPA I in 2008. His analysis is no different from other corporate back media and authors since the Congress led UPA suited them more than the BJP.
Contrary to author’s assertion left grew faster when a right wing government was in power rather than the Congress as it overshadowed in the name of pseudo secularism. Left from had 62 seats in 2004 largest ever and played a key role in elevating congress to power. However, since then congress led UPA continued to put in place neo-liberal economics policies under he umbrella of globalization, Civil Nuclear Deal and in general pro-American foreign policy which discredited Left leadership who continued to seek Congress Home Minister support to combat Maoist rather than keeping a check on the congress’s right-wing anti-people economic policies and scams. Left received only 24 seats in 2009 and then only 16 in 2014 and CPM individually suffered most loss declining its seat from 43 to just 9. Therefore, it does not make sense that an alliance with Congress would benefit the left. In fact, it is against the very principle of alliance, “Everyone tries to do best for a common interest”. Although Congress did better in 2009 with its 4 & 1/2 years association with left but it proved to be disastrous for them and finally congress without left end up in disaster. One wonders how the author prescribes an alliance with the Congress when an West Bengal experience failed and in Tripura entire Congress ended up voting for BJP-Separatists alliance. On the other hand, CPM did very well without congress in Kerala. It appears, in Tripura CPM got 42% vote (a minor decline of 2-3% votes hardly be called anti-incumbency) leadership’s flip-flop stand towards the congress. confused the cadre and rank and file being contiguous with West Bengal. In fact, Mamata Banerjee seems to thrive on anti-BJP and Anti-Congress and wisely gave a call for a nation wide alliance on this slogan. It is worth noting that SP alliance with the congress in UP also turned out to be disastrous and any national front with Congress will be not only self-defeating but suicidal due to congress’s track record and its secular character is completely exposed.