KANNUR, India: India's once-vibrant communist parties are in danger of falling off the political map in this month's general elections as voters ...
KANNUR, India: India's once-vibrant communist parties are in danger of falling off the political map in this month's general elections as voters lose their revolutionary fervour.
As the communists defend their six seats in Kerala, Yechury acknowledged the critical stakes while keeping up his onslaught against capitalism and right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party . Even though it was pushed back to second fiddle status when the CPM broke away in 1964, it remains one of a plethora of rival left groups, including four Revolutionary Socialist parties with tendencies ranging from Bolshevik to plain vanilla Marxist.But political and personal infighting and the rise of the BJP as India became richer has overshadowed talk of a proletarian uprising.
But it includes potential vote-winners like tripling the minimum legal wage of 18,000 rupees a month and free healthcare for all. A N Shamseer, a CPM lawmaker in the state assembly, proudly told how the communists in Kerala"have a long history of driving key social reforms".
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