With defeat in Kerala, Left out of power for first time since 1977

With its decision successful the Kerala Assembly election, the Left parties are not successful powerfulness successful immoderate State for the archetypal clip since 1977. The setback has sharpened questions implicit the governmental strategy of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. During its campaign, the Congress had accused the ruling enactment of colluding with the BJP, with the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, branding the CPI(M) arsenic the “Communist Janata Party”.

CPI(M) wide caput M.A. Baby rejected the charge, calling it a “deliberate” and “distorted” communicative aimed astatine tarnishing the party’s image. “CPI(M) stands by each sections of people, we person ever supported the socially excluded some successful presumption of religion and caste,” helium said.