Parties To Regain A Foothold
2020年11月3日 日常In 2016, the national influence of the Left is at its lowest point since Independence. But for that to happen, the CPI(M) probably needs to experience its obsolescence a little more profoundly. First, the CPI(M) has recognised that the existing Left Front (that includes parties such as Forward Block, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Communist Party of India) are not in a position to defeat Mamata Banerjee.
In the rest of the state, not least in Kolkata, Howrah and southern Bengal, it exists as a rump made up of individuals who have fallen out with the Trinamul Congress. Consequently, following the landslide victory, the Congress managed to win a sprinkling of seats in areas other than its North Bengal strongholds. Many of those who symbolised the Left at the local level before 2011 have now switched over effortlessly to the the Trinamul Congress. The CPI(M) desperately needs to piggy back on either the Congress or other regional parties to regain a foothold in the national power equation. Today, these are threatened by the Trinamul Congress that showed its independent clout in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Indeed, if there is a real chance that the Congress-CPI(M) entente in West Bengal will materialise, Ms Banerjee will travel an extra distance to persuade the Gandhis to revive the 2011 arrangement. In 2011, the Congress was the junior partner in a mahajot with the Trinamul Congress. She is on excellent terms with Sonia Gandhi and is fully aware of the fact that — owing to its direct fight with the Left in Kerala — the Congress would rather ally with the Trinamul Congress than the CPI(M).
The grim reality that confronts the veteran https://www.mould-parts.net/mold-parts/guide-poslgudeseeve-series/gulde-pins-jz009.html leaders in Kolkata’s narrow Alimuddin Street is not appetising. The Congress has the necessary independent standing to win handsomely in North Bengal if the Left transfers its votes. But while that challenge has been averted — thanks in no small measure to the BJP’s own remarkable short-sightedness — the CPI(M) has been unable to mount any challenge to the Trinamul Congress. Under Left rule, Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamul Congress loyalists found it extremely harrowing to operate politically; under the present dispensation, little or no room is given to the Left.
In the rest of the state, not least in Kolkata, Howrah and southern Bengal, it exists as a rump made up of individuals who have fallen out with the Trinamul Congress. Consequently, following the landslide victory, the Congress managed to win a sprinkling of seats in areas other than its North Bengal strongholds. Many of those who symbolised the Left at the local level before 2011 have now switched over effortlessly to the the Trinamul Congress. The CPI(M) desperately needs to piggy back on either the Congress or other regional parties to regain a foothold in the national power equation. Today, these are threatened by the Trinamul Congress that showed its independent clout in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. Indeed, if there is a real chance that the Congress-CPI(M) entente in West Bengal will materialise, Ms Banerjee will travel an extra distance to persuade the Gandhis to revive the 2011 arrangement. In 2011, the Congress was the junior partner in a mahajot with the Trinamul Congress. She is on excellent terms with Sonia Gandhi and is fully aware of the fact that — owing to its direct fight with the Left in Kerala — the Congress would rather ally with the Trinamul Congress than the CPI(M).
The grim reality that confronts the veteran https://www.mould-parts.net/mold-parts/guide-poslgudeseeve-series/gulde-pins-jz009.html leaders in Kolkata’s narrow Alimuddin Street is not appetising. The Congress has the necessary independent standing to win handsomely in North Bengal if the Left transfers its votes. But while that challenge has been averted — thanks in no small measure to the BJP’s own remarkable short-sightedness — the CPI(M) has been unable to mount any challenge to the Trinamul Congress. Under Left rule, Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamul Congress loyalists found it extremely harrowing to operate politically; under the present dispensation, little or no room is given to the Left.
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