Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal in New Delhi
By supporting the Congress led UPA government, the Indian communist leaders have indeed been promoting the Congress party interests while Congress party itself is promoting the Hindutva forces for special national reasons.
World over, the communist movement has been dying a slow death as leaders promote corporate interests and consider the rich class as their trusted allies because they are funded by the corporate lords and the rich guys.
With the strongest former communist leader Russian power is now far away from communist concerns and China is trying to be close ally of an unwilling America, Indian communists who had always looked to both Moscow and Beijing for guidance and help are the distressed and disappointed parties and they have no serious interests left for working class politics.
Promoted by the Congress government and the Indian communal system established by it, the Hindutva parties led by BJP became a serious threat to peace and harmony in the country as they incite violence though their public -hate speeches plus anti-secular literature.
Leftists under threats in India
Leftist movement in India, led by the CPM, found the emergence of Hindutva communal politics a serious threat not only to them but also to the nation at large in due course as the BJP allies are trying to dismantle the secular democratic fabric of India.
This predicament forced the Left forces to support the Congress party at the centre and kept the minority regime in power for a long time. In exchange for these gestures, Congress party had offered the Speakership to the CPM.
When the Congress party faced problems in the parliament, the leftists willingly rescued the Congress government and it supported the infamous ‘Profit Bill’ in order to save communist Speaker of Lok Sabha –parliament.
Communists face problems in their backyards like Kerala, West Bengal where Congress party is their main opponent. However, the communists lost West Bengal when a strong Bengali leader Mamata Banerjee emerged the popular leader in the state to defeat both Congress and communists. Her image as the common people’s pleaders also did not let the BJP to make its presence felt among Bengalis.
That the continued support of Communist parties to the Congress party in parliament has made them unpopular in Kerala and West Bengal and Tripura has now become the topic of heated debate in Left circles. In the absence of a leader like Mamata can help the communists in the polls to some extent.
Despite all their efforts to keep BJP out and Congress in, the BJP and other Hindutva parties have become the most formidable political outfits of India today.
It is not that communists are unaware of hidden secret nexus between Congress and Hindutva parties but the communists preferred to ignore that though indirect promotion of Hindutva parties to control Muslims in India has made India a seriously wounded fanatic nation. Maybe, communists had expected huge gains from Congress party but failed and now found themselves in the crossroads.
No third front for CPM, allies
Moreover, the CPM and allies refused to form a third front to take both the congress and BJP on their horns. In fact they created obstacles in the formation of a credible third front, leaving wide open the poll scenario to BJP. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also has similar weaknesses. However, true to their credentials, the CPM refuses to admit its folly of supporting the fast sinking Congress party, thereby harming their own prospects. Not only that. The Communists never criticized the corrupt policies of the Congress government. Some communists blame not their policies or tactics but the implementation part of them. So funny!
Congress party, in further pursuing the BJP economic policies snot, promotes corporatist interests and sacrificing the genuine interests of common people. Obviously, BJP has no concerns for common people, nor is working to remove corruption as it also opposed the Anna Hazare’s (and Arvind Kejriwal’s) anti-corruption movement. Price rises and extra taxes the Congress party introduced are the BJP agenda but the communist parties did not oppose them.
In fact, over years of passive approach to problems of common people with full commitment and sincere concern for them has generated a deformed leftist movement.
And, worse, there are no indications that the communist leaders will change their petrified mindset in the near future.
Former university Teacher; /website:abdulruff.wordpress.com; educationist, prolific writer, specialist on state terrorism; chronicler of foreign occupations & freedom chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); commentator on world affairs & sport fixings, Expert on Mideast Affairs, university teacher; author and ebooks; Editor.
Source: Weekly Holiday
